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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 0:41 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. ThugThug
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. ThugThug
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. ThugThug
    28. ThistleThistle
    29. ThugThug
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. MaceMace
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Wind ×2
    37. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 129 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    10. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. JellyfishJellyfish
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. JellyfishJellyfish
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Con turret
    21. CastroCastro
    22. Converter ×2
    23. JellyfishJellyfish
    24. Converter
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 9:41
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Mex
    28. Converter
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Converter
    31. Mex
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Converter
    35. GuardGuard
    36. Converter
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. CastroCastro
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GuardGuard
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. JellyfishJellyfish
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. GuardGuard
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. Wind
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. GuardGuard
    72. Wind ×2
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt ×3
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt ×3
    82. Wind ×3
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Mex
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind ×3
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. Pit BullPit Bull
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind ×3
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt ×2
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt ×2
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind ×2
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Wind ×2
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Wind
    124. GruntGrunt ×4
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×3
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Acquati's (37 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

[Crd]Acquati

36.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

31 received units · includes a constructor
332 metal received · 35989 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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