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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind ×2
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. SentrySentry
  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 · 91 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GuardGuard
    3. ThugThug
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×9
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind ×5
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind ×2
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind ×2
    38. CastroCastro
    39. Wind ×4
    40. GuardGuard
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Wind ×5
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Converter
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    52. Wind
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    54. Wind
    55. CastroCastro
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:49
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Mex
    67. Converter ×4
    68. Mex
    69. Converter ×2
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    81. Converter
    82. TwitcherTwitcher
    83. Converter
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. Converter
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Mex
    90. Wind
    91. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JelousOfMyEco's (36 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · 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

JelousOfMyEco

36.0 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
1 metal received · 71 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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