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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:54 · 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 · 49 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. ThugThug
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. ThugThug
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. ThugThug
    21. Con turret
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. ThugThug
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. ThugThug
    33. Con turret
    34. ThistleThistle
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. ThistleThistle ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. ThugThug
    40. GuardGuard
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. AggravatorAggravator
    46. Wind
    47. ThugThug
    48. Wind
    49. 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
    • 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 · 141 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. ThistleThistle ×2
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×4
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Wind
    12. GoblinGoblin
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. GoblinGoblin
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. SatyrSatyr
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind ×2
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. ThistleThistle
    41. Wind ×2
    42. SatyrSatyr
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. AggravatorAggravator
    46. Wind
    47. SatyrSatyr
    48. ThugThug
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind ×2
    51. SatyrSatyr
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. Metal storage
    64. Energy storage
    65. Wind
    66. Mex
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Con turret
    71. CastroCastro
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:35
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Converter
    87. SAMSAM
    88. Converter
    89. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    90. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Converter ×3
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:56
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×3
    98. WardenWarden
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind ×2
    112. WardenWarden
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Metal storage
    116. Wind
    117. Mex
    118. Wind
    119. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    120. Wind ×3
    121. ChimeraChimera
    122. Wind
    123. CastroCastro
    124. Wind ×4
    125. ChimeraChimera
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Con turret ×2
    131. Wind ×2
    132. ErebusErebus
    133. Con turret
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind ×3
    137. ErebusErebus
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2not finished by 15:00
    141. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Acquati's (36 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

[Crd]Acquati

36.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
16 metal received · 35060 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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