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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 · 46 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Exploiter
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Con turret
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. WardenWarden
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    40. GuardGuard
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. GruntGrunt ×2
    43. Mex
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 66 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Con turret
    14. GruntGrunt ×2
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind ×2
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Con turret
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. JanusJanus
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24 · typical 9:41
    32. Energy storage
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. JanusJanus
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Mex
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Wind
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. Metal storage
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. CastroCastro
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind
    62. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:57
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (49 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

PRO_Rerory

49.3 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
13 metal received · 37454 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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