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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 410 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 426 · 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 410 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 0:27–0:44

    By 0:18 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×2
    8. GruntGrunt ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Wind
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. ThugThug
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. GuardGuard
    39. ThugThug ×3
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. ThugThug ×3
    44. Wind
    45. Energy storage
    46. ThugThug ×2
    47. Mex
  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
    • Thug5 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator

    Some games also: energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Twin Guard (32%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 137 steps
    1. MaceMace
    2. ThugThug
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. SentrySentry
    5. ThugThug
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. MaceMace
    10. Wind
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Wind
    14. MaceMace
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. MaceMace
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. RocketeerRocketeer
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. ThugThug
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09 · typical 9:41
    36. Wind
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. MaceMace
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. MaceMace
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. ThugThug
    58. Wind
    59. MaceMace
    60. Wind
    61. MaceMace
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Con turret
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Con turret
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:15
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt ×2
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×4
    83. Con turret
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt ×4
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×5
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×7
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt ×4
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt ×5
    95. Wind
    96. TrasherTrasher ×3
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. TrasherTrasher
    99. Wind
    100. TrasherTrasher ×6
    101. Wind
    102. TrasherTrasher ×2
    103. Wind
    104. TrasherTrasher ×3
    105. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:59
    106. TrasherTrasher ×3
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt ×9
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt ×5
    111. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:17
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    118. Wind ×2
    119. DuckDuck
    120. Wind
    121. BedbugCrawling bomb
    122. Wind
    123. DuckDuck
    124. Wind
    125. BeamerBeamer
    126. BedbugCrawling bomb
    127. Wind
    128. DuckDuck
    129. Wind
    130. BedbugCrawling bomb
    131. Wind
    132. DuckDuck
    133. Wind
    134. BeamerBeamer
    135. CatalystCatalystnot finished by 15:00
    136. Wind
    137. BedbugCrawling bomb

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Espera's (39 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:33 · in 56% 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

426 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002064194133
4:003154682645
5:00430316331418
6:00553025392419
7:00672035523537
8:00791944944525
9:00915251605480
10:001040958576293
11:001194663357112
12:001355368317999
13:001518474488814
14:001702082219599
15:0018420878610385
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

Espera

39.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1045 metal received · 34155 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:27–0:44 · n=422
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=276

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