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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 · 409 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 425 · 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 409 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:49 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×5
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. TrasherTrasher
    23. GuardGuard
    24. GruntGrunt ×6
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. GruntGrunt ×10
    27. Mex
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. GraverobberGraverobber ×5
  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 · 153 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Wind
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind ×2
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Con turret
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    18. PawnPawn
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. TrasherTrasher
    22. ThugThug ×4
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:58 · typical 9:41
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Mex
    30. GruntGrunt ×3
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. GruntGrunt ×2
    33. Energy storage
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Con turret
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Advanced solar
    39. Mex
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Advanced solar
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Mex
    45. Advanced solar
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. GuardGuard
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. GuardGuard
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. GraverobberGraverobber
    72. Wind
    73. GraverobberGraverobber
    74. Wind
    75. GraverobberGraverobber
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. Wind
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Fusion ReactorFusion
    96. Wind
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Wind
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind ×2
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind ×2
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind ×2
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Wind ×2
    135. GraverobberGraverobber
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt ×2
    140. Wind
    141. GraverobberGraverobber
    142. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    143. Wind
    144. GraverobberGraverobber
    145. Wind ×2
    146. GraverobberGraverobber
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. GraverobberGraverobber
    150. Wind
    151. Advanced solar
    152. Converter
    153. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (60 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

425 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002065193133
4:003154683643
5:00430516361416
6:00553025472414
7:00672735513533
8:00791944944504
9:00916551675488
10:001041858536283
11:001198063147108
12:001356168307989
13:001521774478812
14:001701882199641
15:0018387878210388
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

_Hawkey_

60.4 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
52 metal received · 42774 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=421
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=275

Played most by

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