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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 46 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×4
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex ×2
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Mex
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. PawnPawn
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. GuardGuard
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GuardGuard
    38. ThugThug
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. GuardGuard
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. Wind
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. 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 · 114 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. ThugThug
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Wind
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Wind
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. ThugThug
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Con turret
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Energy storage
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt ×2
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:59 · typical 9:41
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Con turret
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    55. Con turret ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind ×9
    58. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:11
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter ×3
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. DeceiverJammer bot
    65. Wind
    66. AugurRadar bot
    67. SumoSumodone 10:32
    68. Advanced solar
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    70. SumoSumo
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    72. Advanced solar
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. SumoSumo
    75. Advanced solar
    76. SumoSumo ×2
    77. Wind
    78. SpectreSpectre
    79. Wind
    80. SpectreSpectre
    81. Wind ×2
    82. ArbiterArbiternot finished by 15:00
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    85. Con turret
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. ArbiterArbiter
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:39
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. TigerTigerdone 12:59
    96. Wind ×3
    97. ArbiterArbiter
    98. BlitzBlitz ×2
    99. ArbiterArbiter
    100. Fusion ReactorFusion
    101. Wind
    102. ArbiterArbiter
    103. BlitzBlitz ×2
    104. Wind ×3
    105. ArbiterArbiter
    106. TigerTiger
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Wind
    113. ArbiterArbiter
    114. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

Immort

57.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
438 metal received · 25769 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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