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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt ×3
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. GuardGuard
    14. GruntGrunt ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Mex
    20. ThistleThistle
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. ThistleThistle
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    31. Wind
    32. 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 · 243 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    4. Wind
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Mex
    17. Wind ×2
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Con turret
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GruntGrunt ×2
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GuardGuard
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt ×2
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt ×2
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. GuardGuard
    58. Energy storage
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40 · typical 9:42
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. AggravatorAggravator
    70. Wind ×2
    71. AggravatorAggravator
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. AggravatorAggravator
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×9
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×6
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:03
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. GuardGuard
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt ×8
    114. Con turret ×2
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×2
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt ×2
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Mex
    132. GruntGrunt ×2
    133. Wind ×2
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt ×2
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt ×2
    143. Wind
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Wind
    149. GraverobberGraverobber
    150. GruntGrunt ×3
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Wind
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Wind
    158. Con turret
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. Wind
    163. ThistleThistle
    164. SAMSAM
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. Wind ×2
    167. GruntGrunt
    168. Wind
    169. GruntGrunt ×10
    170. Converter
    171. GruntGrunt ×2
    172. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:17
    173. GruntGrunt ×2
    174. Converter
    175. GruntGrunt ×2
    176. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    177. Converter
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. Con turret
    180. GruntGrunt ×2
    181. Converter
    182. GruntGrunt ×3
    183. Con turret
    184. GruntGrunt
    185. Converter
    186. GruntGrunt ×3
    187. Con turret
    188. TrasherTrasher
    189. CastroCastro
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind
    192. TrasherTrasher
    193. GruntGrunt
    194. Converter
    195. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    196. GruntGrunt ×2
    197. TrasherTrasher
    198. Converter
    199. GruntGrunt
    200. Wind
    201. TrasherTrasher
    202. Wind
    203. Con turret
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Wind
    206. Advanced solar
    207. TrasherTrasher
    208. GruntGrunt
    209. Converter
    210. GruntGrunt
    211. Con turret
    212. GruntGrunt
    213. Construction BotCon bot
    214. GruntGrunt
    215. Converter
    216. GruntGrunt ×3
    217. Wind
    218. Con turret
    219. GruntGrunt ×2
    220. Wind
    221. GruntGrunt
    222. Converter
    223. GruntGrunt ×2
    224. Wind
    225. GruntGrunt ×3
    226. Wind
    227. GruntGrunt
    228. Converter
    229. GruntGrunt
    230. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    231. GruntGrunt ×3
    232. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    233. Wind ×2
    234. GruntGrunt
    235. Wind
    236. GruntGrunt ×3
    237. Advanced solar
    238. Wind
    239. GruntGrunt
    240. Wind
    241. GruntGrunt
    242. Converter
    243. GruntGrunt ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (49 OS, 12/08/2026); 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

AlRelSoulfire

49.2 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

33 received units · includes a constructor
356 metal received · 30486 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

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