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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 · 369 distinct matches · 77 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 382 · 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 369 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Mex
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×5
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug
    22. Mex
    23. ThistleThistle
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. ThistleThistle
    27. ThugThug ×4
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Mex
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. MaceMace
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 (48%) · Radar Tower (43%) · Twin Guard (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 74 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug ×3
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Converter
    13. ThugThug ×5
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Converter
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. ThugThug
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. ThugThug
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. CastroCastro
    24. Con turret
    25. Mex
    26. Energy storage
    27. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:04
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:03 · typical 9:40
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×4
    52. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:32
    53. Wind ×8
    54. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    55. Wind ×2
    56. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    57. Wind ×6
    58. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:44
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:46
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    68. Wind
    69. Con turret ×2
    70. Wind
    71. TremorTremornot finished by 15:00
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Gieds's (45 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 7:31 · 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

382 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027500
2:0096400
3:002059193133
4:003151673635
5:00432816931420
6:00553225612403
7:00677035643490
8:00795044984460
9:00923452115483
10:001046558576310
11:001198963667149
12:001361268318150
13:001518475068924
14:001695583189835
15:0018357890410495
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

44.8 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

37 received units · includes a constructor
1556 metal received · 24454 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=378
Advanced Metal Extractor9:40Middle 50%: 8:45–10:57 · n=246

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