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Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. ThugThug ×4
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×6
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×6
    16. CenturionCenturion
    17. ThugThug
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. MaceMace
    20. ThugThug
  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 · 121 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. ThugThug
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. MaceMace
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Wind
    14. GuardGuard
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×3
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug ×2
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:42
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug ×3
    46. Energy storage
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug
    53. GuardGuard
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Mex
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. GraverobberGraverobber
    70. Mex
    71. Wind
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×3
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×4
    77. Pit BullPit Bull
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Mex
    80. GruntGrunt ×2
    81. GuardGuard
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. GuardGuard
    84. GruntGrunt ×3
    85. GuardGuard
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. GruntGrunt ×11
    88. Mex
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Pit BullPit Bull
    92. GruntGrunt ×3
    93. Mex
    94. GruntGrunt ×4
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt ×3
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt ×4
    99. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:46
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Pit BullPit Bull
    102. GruntGrunt ×6
    103. SumoSumodone 13:57
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. SumoSumo
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    108. SumoSumo
    109. GruntGrunt ×3
    110. SumoSumo
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. SumoSumo
    113. GruntGrunt ×2
    114. SumoSumo
    115. GruntGrunt ×2
    116. Wind
    117. SumoSumo
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. SumoSumo
    121. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GuiTou's (36 OS, 23/08/2026); 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

36.1 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
198 metal received · 76189 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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