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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline bot lab opening: secure mexes, push out Thugs, Aggravators and Grunts to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives.

#rush · 353 distinct matches · 76 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 366 · 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 353 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 0:26–0:44

    By 0:17 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
    • Aggravator2 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. ThugThug ×5
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. ThugThug ×7
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. ThugThug
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. ThugThug
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (50%) · energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (44%) · Twin Guard (31%) · converter (30%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. ThugThug
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. ThugThug
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    6. ThugThug
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:31
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. Mex
    19. Con turret
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:42
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×4
    24. Energy storage
    25. Con turret
    26. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 9:56
    27. Pit BullPit Bull
    28. CastroCastro
    29. Wind
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind
    33. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Metal storage
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:54
    38. Wind
    39. TickTick ×6
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick ×2
    42. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. TickTick
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×8
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:32
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. TickTick
    55. Con turret
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. BruteBrute
    59. TickTick
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:00
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. TickTick
    64. BruteBrute
    65. TickTick
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. TickTick
    69. BruteBrute
    70. TickTick
    71. Con turret
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. BruteBrute
    74. TickTick
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick
    77. Con turret
    78. BruteBrute
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. TickTick
    83. BruteBrute
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. BruteBrute
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. BruteBrute
    88. TickTick
    89. BruteBrute
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. BruteBrute
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. BruteBrute
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. BruteBrute
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. BruteBrute
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. BruteBrute
    108. ParalyzerParalyzernot finished by 15:00
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theBeauty's (38 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:32 · in 57% 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

366 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027300
2:0095600
3:002058191130
4:003151663628
5:00432816971420
6:00553425652380
7:00676835643465
8:00797145054456
9:00923451865453
10:001045058116293
11:001194662887124
12:001361268158150
13:001530674618924
14:001705482219879
15:0018776887210532
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

theBeauty

38.3 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
1631 metal received · 82158 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:26–0:44 · n=362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:42Middle 50%: 8:46–10:57 · n=238

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