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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 53 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Mex
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. GuardGuard
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. GuardGuard
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. BeholderBeholder
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. GuardGuard
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. Wind
    40. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    41. GuardGuard
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Energy storage
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. GuardGuard
    46. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    47. GuardGuard
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. AggravatorAggravator
    51. ThugThug
    52. Con turret
    53. ThugThug ×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
    • 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 · 142 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. ThugThug ×4
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×4
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. WhistlerMissile truck
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. ThugThug
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. ThugThug
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Mex
    39. Con turret
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:14
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. AggravatorAggravator
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. AggravatorAggravator
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. AggravatorAggravator
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. BruteBrute
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. BruteBrute
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. PounderPounder
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. BruteBrute
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. BruteBrute
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. PounderPounder
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. BruteBrute
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. ThugThug
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. BruteBrute
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. ThugThug ×2
    75. PounderPounder
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Mex
    78. ThugThug
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. BruteBrute
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. ThugThug
    83. BruteBrute
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. ThugThug
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. IncisorIncisor
    88. PounderPounder
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Mex
    91. ThugThug
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. BruteBrute
    94. ThugThug
    95. IncisorIncisor
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. ThistleThistle
    98. RocketeerRocketeer
    99. BruteBrute
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. PounderPounder
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. BruteBrute
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. BruteBrute
    108. Construction BotCon bot
    109. Con turret
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:05 · typical 9:42
    112. Converter
    113. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    114. Wind
    115. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Wind
    126. BruteBrute
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. BruteBrute
    131. Wind
    132. Con turret
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. Wind
    135. Con turret
    136. BruteBrute
    137. Wind
    138. BruteBrute
    139. Wind
    140. BruteBrute
    141. Wind
    142. BruteBrute

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (47 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

Gieds

47.1 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
1399 metal received · 104508 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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