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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (61 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

_Hawkey_

60.7 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
2555 metal received · 83944 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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