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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 · 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
    • 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. GruntGrunt ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex ×2
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    18. ThugThug
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×3
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Mex
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 105 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 9:42
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt ×3
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×3
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Mex
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt ×4
    38. Wind
    39. GuardGuard
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. GuardGuard
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:00
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Con turret
    53. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. GruntGrunt ×4
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Con turret
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind ×2
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Con turret
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. Wind
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×2
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. VeilVeil
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    100. Wind ×2
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    105. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GuiTou's (35 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

GuiTou

35.3 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
21 metal received · 69226 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

Played most by

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