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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline bot lab opening: secure mexes, push out Thugs, Aggravators and Grunts to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives.

#rush · 353 distinct matches · 76 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 366 · 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 353 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 0:26–0:44

    By 0:17 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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
    • Aggravator2 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. ThugThug ×5
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×4
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. GuardGuard ×3
    21. ThugThug ×3
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Mex
    31. Solar
    32. WhistlerMissile truck
  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
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (50%) · energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (44%) · Twin Guard (31%) · converter (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 98 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. WhistlerMissile truck
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced solar
    8. Metal storage
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:31
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced solar
    13. Wind
    14. Solar ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Advanced solar
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Advanced solar
    20. SpectreSpectre
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. SheldonSheldondone 8:12
    24. Energy storage
    25. SheldonSheldon
    26. GuardGuard ×2
    27. SheldonSheldon ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. SheldonSheldon
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. SheldonSheldon
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. SpectreSpectre
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. SheldonSheldon
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Mex
    38. DeceiverJammer bot
    39. AugurRadar bot
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Mex
    42. Con turret
    43. GruntGrunt ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. TwitcherTwitcher
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:23
    55. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind ×2
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Mex
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×3
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×3
    71. Wind
    72. Mex
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. SpectreSpectre
    75. Wind
    76. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:40
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. SheldonSheldon
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. SheldonSheldon
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. SheldonSheldon
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. SheldonSheldon
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. SheldonSheldon
    95. GruntGrunt ×2
    96. SpectreSpectre
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. ScorpionScorpion

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kcorp's (50 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:32 · in 57% 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

366 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027300
2:0095600
3:002058191130
4:003151663628
5:00432816971420
6:00553425652380
7:00676835643465
8:00797145054456
9:00923451865453
10:001045058116293
11:001194662887124
12:001361268158150
13:001530674618924
14:001705482219879
15:0018776887210532
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

Kcorp

50.3 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
4024 metal received · 25098 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:26–0:44 · n=362
Advanced Metal Extractor9:42Middle 50%: 8:46–10:57 · n=238

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