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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 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. Mex
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. BeholderBeholder
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. AggravatorAggravator
    41. Con turret
  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 · 167 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. WardenWarden
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret ×3
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Energy storage
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Converter ×2
    18. ThistleThistle
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. ThistleThistle
    23. Wind ×6
    24. CastroCastro
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. BeholderBeholder
    34. Converter
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Converter
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:11 · typical 9:40
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter ×2
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. GuardGuard
    54. Converter
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Converter ×2
    57. GuardGuard
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Wind
    71. GuardGuard
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Pit BullPit Bull
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter ×6
    78. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:45
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Converter ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind ×4
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Mex
    98. Converter
    99. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:23
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind ×2
    104. GuardGuard
    105. Wind
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Con turret
    110. GuardGuard
    111. Wind
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    113. Wind
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    115. Wind
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    117. Converter
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    119. Con turret
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    121. Converter
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    126. Wind
    127. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    128. Wind
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×3
    132. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    133. Wind
    134. Converter ×2
    135. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:03
    136. Wind
    137. Mex
    138. Wind
    139. GraverobberGraverobber
    140. Wind
    141. GraverobberGraverobber
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. EradicatorEradicator
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Wind
    147. GruntGrunt ×2
    148. Wind
    149. GruntGrunt ×2
    150. EradicatorEradicator
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt ×2
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt ×2
    155. Converter
    156. GruntGrunt ×3
    157. Converter
    158. GruntGrunt ×3
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. Con turret
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. Wind
    164. GruntGrunt ×2
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind
    167. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iLike2Eco's (37 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

iLike2Eco

37.3 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
376 metal received · 63028 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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