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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Atlasfailed's (36 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

[Grump]Atlasfailed

35.7 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
478 metal received · 17214 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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