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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 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
    • Aggravator2 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    6. Mex
    7. GuardGuardfor Pond
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    27. ThugThug ×6
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. ThugThug ×4
  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 · 98 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. ThugThug ×6
    3. Con turret
    4. ThugThug
    5. Solar
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. ThugThug
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    13. ThugThug
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. ThugThug
    17. SentrySentry
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. ThugThug
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    23. ThugThug
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Ponddone 9:41 · typical 9:42
    26. ThugThug
    27. SentrySentry
    28. CastroCastro
    29. ThugThug ×3
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Windfor Pond
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    33. Windfor Pond
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind ×3for Pond
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Windfor Pond
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Windfor Pond
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Windfor Pond
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    43. SentrySentry
    44. Mex
    45. Con turretfor Pond
    46. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Pond
    47. Windfor Pond
    48. Con turretfor Pond
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Windfor Pond
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Con turretfor Pond
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Windfor Pond
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. Windfor Pond
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. SentrySentryfor Pond
    59. Windfor Pond
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. GuardGuardfor Pond
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Pit BullPit Bullfor Pond
    64. Windfor Pond
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Windfor Pond
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Windfor Pond
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Windfor Pond
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind ×2for Pond
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind ×2for Pond
    75. Mex
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Windfor Pond
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Windfor Pond
    80. ThistleThistle ×2for Pond
    81. GruntGruntfor Pond
    82. NettleNettlefor Pond
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind ×3for Pond
    86. GruntGruntfor Pond
    87. NettleNettlefor Pond
    88. Windfor Pond
    89. GruntGruntfor Pond
    90. Wind ×2for Pond
    91. GruntGruntfor Pond
    92. Windfor Pond
    93. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labfor Ponddone 14:51
    94. GruntGruntfor Pond
    95. Con turretfor Pond
    96. Windfor Pond
    97. GruntGruntfor Pond
    98. Converterfor Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nazarid's (38 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

Nazarid

38.3 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

83 received units · includes a constructor
514 metal received · 61852 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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Supporting games

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