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Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    18. Mex
    19. GuardGuard
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 195 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. GuardGuard ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. GuardGuard
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×3
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. GuardGuard
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Con turret
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind ×2
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:19 · typical 9:41
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GuardGuard
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GuardGuard ×2
    58. Wind ×3
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind
    63. Mex
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind ×2
    66. GraverobberGraverobber
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. GuardGuard
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. GuardGuard
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. GraverobberGraverobber
    81. Energy storage
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. Energy storage
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GraverobberGraverobber
    92. Wind ×2
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. Wind
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    100. Wind
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. Mex
    103. GraverobberGraverobber
    104. Wind
    105. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    106. Wind
    107. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    108. GuardGuard
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. Wind
    111. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:04
    112. GraverobberGraverobber
    113. HoundHound
    114. PawnPawn
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. SheldonSheldondone 13:07
    118. GraverobberGraverobber
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. SheldonSheldon
    121. TickTick
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. SheldonSheldon
    128. TickTick
    129. GraverobberGraverobber
    130. Wind
    131. SheldonSheldon
    132. TickTick
    133. SheldonSheldon
    134. Wind
    135. HoundHound
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick
    138. PawnPawn
    139. GraverobberGraverobber
    140. Wind ×2
    141. TickTick
    142. PawnPawn
    143. TickTick
    144. GraverobberGraverobber
    145. TickTick
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick
    148. Wind
    149. GraverobberGraverobber
    150. TickTick
    151. SheldonSheldon
    152. TickTick
    153. GraverobberGraverobber
    154. TickTick
    155. MauserMauser
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. GraverobberGraverobber
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. GraverobberGraverobber
    162. TickTick
    163. HoundHound
    164. TickTick
    165. Wind
    166. GraverobberGraverobber
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. GraverobberGraverobber
    169. TickTick
    170. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    171. TickTick
    172. GraverobberGraverobber
    173. TickTick
    174. Wind ×2
    175. TickTick
    176. GraverobberGraverobber
    177. TickTick
    178. TrasherTrasher
    179. TickTick
    180. PawnPawn
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind
    183. TickTick
    184. TrasherTrasher
    185. CrossbowCrossbow
    186. Wind
    187. GruntGrunt ×2
    188. PawnPawn
    189. TrasherTrasher
    190. PawnPawn
    191. Wind
    192. TickTick
    193. CrossbowCrossbow
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Maco's (53 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

[Cookie]Maco

53.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
31 metal received · 55694 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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