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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 0:39 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThugfor Front
    9. ThugThug
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. Mex
    13. GuardGuard
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThugfor Front
    19. ThugThug
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    21. ThugThug
    22. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. ThugThug
    25. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. ThugThug
    30. ThugThugfor Front
    31. ThugThug
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Con turret
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 160 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThugfor Front
    9. WardenWarden
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×2for Front
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThugfor Front
    24. Wind
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThugfor Front
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. ThugThugfor Front
    32. Wind
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. ThugThugfor Front
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. GruntGrunt ×3
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Converter
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt ×3
    58. Mexfor Front
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Con turret
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:33
    71. Converter
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. RascalRascal
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Wind
    79. RascalRascal ×2
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. RascalRascal
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. RascalRascal
    84. Wind
    85. RascalRascal
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. RascalRascal
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. RascalRascal
    91. Wind
    92. RascalRascal
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. RascalRascal
    95. Energy storage
    96. RascalRascal
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. RascalRascal ×2
    99. Wind
    100. RascalRascal
    101. Energy storage
    102. RascalRascal
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind
    105. RascalRascal ×2
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. RascalRascal
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. RascalRascal ×2
    110. IncisorIncisor
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. GraverobberGraverobber
    113. IncisorIncisor
    114. Wind ×2
    115. IncisorIncisor
    116. GraverobberGraverobber
    117. Wind
    118. IncisorIncisor
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:06 · typical 9:42
    121. Wind
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. Wind ×2
    124. IncisorIncisor
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter
    127. IncisorIncisor
    128. Wind
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Converter
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind
    133. IncisorIncisor ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Con turret
    137. IncisorIncisor
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. IncisorIncisor
    140. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Converter
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. CastroCastro
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    159. Wind
    160. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is I_pawngame_u's (37 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

I_pawngame_u

37.0 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
98 metal received · 52948 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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