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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 ×2
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GuardGuard
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Mex
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Mex
    16. TrasherTrasher
    17. GuardGuard
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Wind
    30. TrasherTrasher
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    34. Mex
  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 · 149 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Energy storage
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:11
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. GuardGuard
    10. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Con turret
    36. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 9:41
    39. GruntGrunt ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. Converter ×3
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Converter
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Converter ×2
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind ×8
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×4
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Converter
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Converter
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    86. Wind
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind ×2
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Converter
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:53
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Wind ×3
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind ×3
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    106. Converter
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    109. Wind ×2
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind ×2
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Converter
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind ×2
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind ×2
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Converter
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    128. Wind ×4
    129. Converter
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    132. Wind
    133. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    134. Wind
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. Converter
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Pit BullPit Bull
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. 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 ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 18977 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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