Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

0:03Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
by 0:34Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
2:12Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
9:42Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
10:00+Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 353 GAMES

1
20:17
35:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:17
Economy
- 1Mex
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:17after 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. 0:03Mex ×2
2. 0:17Bot Labdone 0:34 · typical 0:34
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:17 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 3Wind
Builders
- 4 Graverobber
- 3 Con bot
Army
- 3 Guard
- 14 Thug
- 3 Grunt
- 2 Aggravator
Other
- 1 Radar Tower
By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind
The example game in this phase · 20 steps
1. 0:35Wind
2. 0:37Grunt
3. 0:41Wind
4. 0:43Grunt ×3
5. 1:02Guard
6. 1:04Grunt
7. 1:13Graverobber ×2
8. 1:27Grunt ×5
9. 1:45Con bot ×2
10. 2:03Thug ×2
11. 2:21Mex
12. 2:23Thug ×4
13. 2:49Mex ×2
14. 2:58Thug
15. 3:02Guard
16. 3:08Thug ×2
17. 3:21Guard
18. 3:23Thug
19. 3:45Radar Tower
20. 4:02Thug ×8
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 14Wind
Builders
- 2 Con turret
- 2 Graverobber
- 1 Con bot
Army
- 1 Guard
- 6 Thug
- 3 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 · 143 steps
1. 5:04Con bot ×2
2. 5:27Thug ×2
3. 5:36Guard
4. 5:40Thug ×4
5. 5:59Con turret
6. 6:13Thug
7. 6:15Con turret
8. 6:33Thug ×12
9. 7:23T2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 9:42
10. 7:24Guard
11. 7:25Wind ×2
12. 7:37Guard
13. 7:40Wind ×2
14. 7:51T2 mex
15. 7:52Energy storage
16. 7:56Wind ×3
17. 8:15Graverobber
18. 8:20Wind
19. 8:20T2 mex
20. 8:21Graverobber
21. 8:26Metal storage
22. 8:28Mex
23. 8:28Wind
24. 8:30Graverobber
25. 8:36Wind
26. 8:39Graverobber
27. 8:44Wind
28. 8:48Graverobber
29. 8:52Wind
30. 8:57Graverobber
31. 9:01Wind
32. 9:06Graverobber
33. 9:08Wind
34. 9:12Graverobber
35. 9:15Wind
36. 9:18Graverobber
37. 9:23Wind
38. 9:24Graverobber
39. 9:29Mex
40. 9:30Thug
41. 9:33Wind
42. 9:35Thug ×2
43. 9:42Wind
44. 9:45Thug
45. 9:47Mex
46. 9:50Thug
47. 9:51Wind
48. 9:55Thug
49. 9:58Wind
50. 10:00Thug ×2
51. 10:06Wind
52. 10:10Thug
53. 10:15Wind
54. 10:15Thug ×2
55. 10:21Grunt
56. 10:23Wind
57. 10:23Grunt ×3
58. 10:31Wind
59. 10:32Grunt ×3
60. 10:40Wind
61. 10:41Grunt
62. 10:43Con turret
63. 10:45T2 mex
64. 10:46Grunt
65. 10:48Wind
66. 10:54Con turret
67. 10:55Grunt
68. 11:03Con turret
69. 11:03Grunt
70. 11:05Wind
71. 11:09Thistle
72. 11:12Wind
73. 11:18Grunt
74. 11:19Wind
75. 11:24Grunt
76. 11:29Wind
77. 11:29Grunt
78. 11:31Radar Tower
79. 11:35Grunt
80. 11:37Wind
81. 11:38Bot Labdone 11:50
82. 11:41Grunt
83. 11:42Thistle
84. 11:45Wind
85. 11:52Grunt
86. 11:53Thistle
87. 11:54Wind
88. 11:54Grunt ×2
89. 11:58Bot Labdone 12:18
90. 12:01Grunt
91. 12:02Wind
92. 12:03Grunt ×4
93. 12:10Wind
94. 12:11Grunt ×3
95. 12:16Thistle
96. 12:16Grunt ×2
97. 12:18Wind
98. 12:19Con turret
99. 12:19Grunt
100. 12:20Fusiondone 13:09
101. 12:22Grunt
102. 12:26Wind
103. 12:26Con turret
104. 12:27Grunt ×2
105. 12:34Wind
106. 12:36Grunt ×3
107. 12:42Con turret
108. 12:42Wind
109. 12:43Grunt
110. 12:45Bot Labdone 13:02
111. 12:49Grunt
112. 12:49Wind
113. 12:52Grunt ×2
114. 12:55T2 mex
115. 12:55Con turret
116. 12:56Wind
117. 12:57Grunt ×3
118. 13:03Wind
119. 13:03Grunt ×10
120. 13:13Wind
121. 13:14Grunt ×11
122. 13:21Wind
123. 13:21Grunt ×10
124. 13:29Wind
125. 13:29Grunt ×13
126. 13:38Wind
127. 13:38Grunt ×5
128. 13:42T2 mex
129. 13:42Grunt ×5
130. 13:45Wind
131. 13:46Grunt ×12
132. 13:54Wind
133. 13:54Grunt ×15
134. 14:05Wind
135. 14:05Grunt ×14
136. 14:16Wind
137. 14:16Grunt ×6
138. 14:20T2 mex
139. 14:20Grunt ×5
140. 14:23Wind
141. 14:24Grunt ×10
142. 14:31Wind
143. 14:31Grunt ×15

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is The_Dwarf's (39 OS, 26/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	273	0	0
2:00	956	0	0
3:00	2058	191	130
4:00	3151	663	628
5:00	4328	1697	1420
6:00	5534	2565	2380
7:00	6768	3564	3465
8:00	7971	4505	4456
9:00	9234	5186	5453
10:00	10450	5811	6293
11:00	11946	6288	7124
12:00	13612	6815	8150
13:00	15306	7461	8924
14:00	17054	8221	9879
15:00	18776	8872	10532

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

The_Dwarf

39.3 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 69829 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31077-b9f6a0a
Naval balance tweaks off

Standard suicide front

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

The_Dwarf

Typical milestones

Played most by

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