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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 · 35 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Mex
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    30. GuardGuard
    31. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    32. GuardGuard
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. AggravatorAggravator ×2
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Con turret
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. ThugThug
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Solar
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. PawnPawn
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Energy storage
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:12 · typical 9:41
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×2
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. RocketeerRocketeer
    45. Wind ×3
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    59. Wind
    60. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:12
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    62. Wind
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    64. Wind
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×2
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced solar
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced solar
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Advanced solar
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Converter
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Converter ×5

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
429 metal received · 16642 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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