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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. ThugThug
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. WardenWarden
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. TrasherTrasher
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. Solar
    27. ThugThug
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
  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 · 107 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Solar
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Energy storage
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Wind ×2
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    21. Wind
    22. AgitatorAgitator
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. GruntGrunt ×3
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. SAMSAM
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    41. Con turret
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Con turret
    45. Converter
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Mex
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Con turret
    50. GuardGuard
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Converter
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Converter
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Advanced solar
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Converter
    59. Advanced solar
    60. Mex
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. GuardGuard
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Converter
    65. Con turret
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Converter
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 10:44 · typical 9:41
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. GruntGrunt ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. BeholderBeholder
    75. GruntGrunt ×3
    76. Advanced solar
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Mex
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. GuardGuard
    84. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    85. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:55
    86. RocketeerRocketeer
    87. GuardGuard
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Con turret
    90. GruntGrunt ×3
    91. PawnPawn ×3
    92. GuardGuard
    93. PawnPawn ×3
    94. Mex
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    97. PawnPawn
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. GuardGuard
    102. PawnPawn
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Con turret
    105. GuardGuard
    106. Fusion ReactorFusion
    107. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (61 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

_Hawkey_

61.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
736 metal received · 33566 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

Played most by

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