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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×5
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. ThugThug ×4
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug ×5
    24. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    25. ThugThug
  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 · 85 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. Wind
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Mex
    24. ThugThug
    25. Energy storage
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:40 · typical 9:41
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:54
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×2
    51. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    52. Con turret
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. VeilVeil
    57. GruntGrunt ×3
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:23
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. BruteBrute
    72. Con turret
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PounderPounder
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Con turret
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. BruteBrute
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    82. Wind
    83. PounderPounder
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (35 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

XXMACGAMERXX

35.3 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
177 metal received · 56092 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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