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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 410 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 426 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:34

  1. Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
  5. Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 410 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:27–0:44

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug14 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. WardenWarden
    15. ThugThug
    16. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Con turret
    19. ThugThug
    20. WardenWarden
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. WardenWarden
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Mex
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. WardenWarden
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug5 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator

    Some games also: energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Twin Guard (32%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 142 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Metal storage
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind
    26. GuardGuard
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. GuardGuard
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28 · typical 9:41
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. GuardGuard
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GuardGuard
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GuardGuard
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. ThistleThistle
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. GuardGuard
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. GunslingerGunslingerdone 9:46
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Wind
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    105. Wind
    106. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. Wind
    112. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:46
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt ×2
    128. Con turret
    129. GruntGrunt ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Con turret
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    135. GruntGrunt ×2
    136. Wind
    137. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Espera's (39 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:33 · in 56% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

426 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002064194133
4:003154682645
5:00430316331418
6:00553025392419
7:00672035523537
8:00791944944525
9:00915251605480
10:001040958576293
11:001194663357112
12:001355368317999
13:001518474488814
14:001702082219599
15:0018420878610385
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline aggressive job, winning half its games while both dealing and taking heavy metal losses fighting at middle.

  • + Fastest Bot Lab of any role (0:34), gets units fighting almost immediately.
  • + Destroys 8805 enemy metal by 15:00 through constant middle pressure.
  • − Loses 10461 own metal by 15:00, more than it destroys.
  • − Metal production lags behind other front role at 18297 by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Espera

39.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
678 metal received · 12527 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:27–0:44 · n=422
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=276

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