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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. ThugThug ×4
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. GuardGuard ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. GuardGuard
  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 · 127 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Wind
    7. GuardGuard
    8. ThugThug
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. ThugThug
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. ThugThug
    30. GuardGuard
    31. ThugThug
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind ×2
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GuardGuard
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. GuardGuard
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. GuardGuard
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. GuardGuard
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. GruntGrunt ×5
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Con turret
    58. GruntGrunt ×4
    59. Energy storage
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind
    63. ThistleThistle
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. Con turret
    76. GruntGrunt ×5
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. MaceMace
    79. GruntGrunt ×5
    80. GraverobberGraverobber
    81. Con turret
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:33 · typical 9:41
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Con turret
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. GruntGrunt ×5
    89. GraverobberGraverobber
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. GruntGrunt ×3
    92. Mex
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. GuardGuard
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. ThistleThistle
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. ThistleThistle
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. GraverobberGraverobber
    104. GruntGrunt ×5
    105. GraverobberGraverobber
    106. GruntGrunt ×5
    107. GraverobberGraverobber
    108. GruntGrunt ×5
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt ×3
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. GraverobberGraverobber
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×3
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Wind
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. Wind
    124. BullBulldone 14:50
    125. GruntGrunt ×2
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Atlasfailed's (36 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

Atlasfailed

36.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
36 metal received · 33433 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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