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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 · 409 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 425 · 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 409 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Mex ×2
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    32. 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
    • 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 · 81 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    8. ThugThug
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    14. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. SentrySentry
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. SentrySentry
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 9:41
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    31. Advanced solar
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    36. Energy storage
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Advanced solar
    39. Con turret
    40. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:26
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×4
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    49. Wind
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Wind
    59. GuardGuard
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    63. Wind
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    69. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:32
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. FinchFinch
    79. Con turret
    80. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    81. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (44 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

425 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002065193133
4:003154683643
5:00430516361416
6:00553025472414
7:00672735513533
8:00791944944504
9:00916551675488
10:001041858536283
11:001198063147108
12:001356168307989
13:001521774478812
14:001701882199641
15:0018387878210388
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

_X_

43.5 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
91 metal received · 32971 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=421
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=275

Played most by

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