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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 · 34 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Mex
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. GuardGuard
    20. TrasherTrasher
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Mex
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GuardGuard
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. 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 · 184 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Wind
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Wind
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Wind ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08
    34. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. AggravatorAggravator ×9
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    39. Con turret
    40. AggravatorAggravator
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Con turret
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Con turret
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Con turret
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. GuardGuard
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. GuardGuard
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. GuardGuard
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. Con turret
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. GuardGuard
    59. GruntGrunt ×4
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Con turret
    62. GruntGrunt ×2
    63. GuardGuard
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Con turret
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. PersecutorPersecutordone 11:08
    68. GruntGrunt ×8
    69. Con turret
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Con turret
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:25
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. Wind
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Converter
    94. FinchFinch
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. Wind
    99. FinchFinch
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind ×2
    102. FinchFinch
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind ×2
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Converter
    107. GruntGrunt ×2
    108. CatalystCatalystdone 12:56
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind ×2
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Converter
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Wind
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×2
    127. Converter
    128. GruntGrunt ×2
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. Con turret
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Wind
    135. GruntGrunt ×2
    136. Wind
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Con turret
    142. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind ×3
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt ×2
    155. Converter
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. FinchFinch
    158. Wind ×2
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Converter
    161. FinchFinch
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. Wind ×2
    164. Con turret
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. Wind
    167. GruntGrunt
    168. Wind
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Wind ×2
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. Wind
    173. Con turret
    174. Converter
    175. GruntGrunt ×2
    176. Wind
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind ×2
    180. GruntGrunt
    181. Wind
    182. GruntGrunt
    183. Converter
    184. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 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

Xad

43.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
71 metal received · 91147 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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