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Standard front

The role's baseline: fast Bot Lab, economy first, then a Thug/Grunt/Aggravator mix moves up to hold the wider gap and contest middle with the ally.

#defence · 166 distinct matches · 58 players · 66% of Cortex Front games · team won 42% of 168 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:40

  1. Take 3 mex, then wind before opening Bot Lab.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start producing Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Add Twin Guard and Radar Tower to hold the wider gap.
  5. Bring Advanced Metal Extractor online as army transitions to T2.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 166 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 Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 1 winddone ~0:40, middle half 0:34–0:46

    Some games also: wind (49%)

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt4 Grunt
    • Aggravator3 Aggravator

    Some games also: con turret (42%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:48
    2. RascalRascal ×3
    3. Mex
    4. RascalRascal ×3
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    6. Mex
    7. WolverineWolverine ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. WolverineWolverine
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Wind
    13. Solar
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. WolverineWolverine
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. WolverineWolverine
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. WolverineWolverine
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. WolverineWolverine
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    30. Con turret
    31. WolverineWolverine
    32. GuardGuard
    33. WolverineWolverine
    34. IncisorIncisor ×3
    35. GuardGuard
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Grunt7 Grunt
    • Thug1 Thug

    Some games also: aggravator (45%) · energy storage (42%) · Twin Guard (36%) · converter (34%) · Radar Tower (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 136 steps
    1. IncisorIncisor
    2. Energy storage
    3. IncisorIncisor
    4. GuardGuard
    5. IncisorIncisor
    6. GuardGuard
    7. IncisorIncisor
    8. Energy storage
    9. IncisorIncisor
    10. Con turret
    11. IncisorIncisor ×4
    12. Wind
    13. IncisorIncisor
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. IncisorIncisor
    17. Wind
    18. IncisorIncisor
    19. Wind
    20. IncisorIncisor
    21. Wind
    22. IncisorIncisor
    23. Wind
    24. IncisorIncisor
    25. Wind
    26. IncisorIncisor
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. IncisorIncisor
    30. Wind
    31. IncisorIncisor
    32. Wind
    33. GuardGuard
    34. IncisorIncisor
    35. Wind
    36. IncisorIncisor
    37. Wind
    38. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    39. Wind
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    43. Wind
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    45. Wind
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. IncisorIncisor
    50. Wind
    51. IncisorIncisor
    52. Wind
    53. IncisorIncisor
    54. Wind
    55. IncisorIncisor ×3
    56. Con turret
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:18 · typical 9:06
    59. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. GuardGuard
    63. Converter
    64. GuardGuard
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. GuardGuard
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2
    74. GuardGuard
    75. Wind
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind
    78. GuardGuard
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:33
    83. Wind
    84. GuardGuard
    85. Wind ×2
    86. GuardGuard
    87. IncisorIncisor
    88. Wind
    89. IncisorIncisor
    90. Wind
    91. IncisorIncisor
    92. Wind
    93. IncisorIncisor ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. IncisorIncisor
    96. Converter
    97. IncisorIncisor
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Converter
    100. IncisorIncisor ×2
    101. Converter
    102. IncisorIncisor ×3
    103. Converter
    104. IncisorIncisor
    105. Converter
    106. IncisorIncisor
    107. Converter
    108. BruteBrute ×2
    109. Advanced solar
    110. BruteBrute ×3
    111. Advanced solar
    112. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:31
    113. BruteBrute ×3
    114. Advanced solar
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. BruteBrute
    117. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:09
    118. Advanced solar
    119. ShurikenShuriken
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    121. BruteBrute
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. ShurikenShuriken
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    125. IncisorIncisor
    126. ShurikenShuriken
    127. IncisorIncisor
    128. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. ShurikenShuriken
    131. PounderPounder
    132. ShurikenShuriken
    133. PounderPounder
    134. ShurikenShuriken
    135. PounderPounder
    136. ShurikenShuriken

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (52 OS, 11/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:26 · in 68% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

168 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0086400
3:0016328586
4:002697352348
5:003807950947
6:00506917041785
7:00640325812693
8:00769333273737
9:00908139204434
10:001080544245184
11:001273550825966
12:001494552977104
13:001732459477675
14:001972863318778
15:002252869019802
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This build has the worst win rate of the roles shown and trails Suicide front on kills while losing nearly as much metal.

  • + Produces more metal than Suicide front by 15:00 (22286 vs 18297).
  • + T2 constructor lands slightly faster (7:41) than Suicide front's 8:07.
  • − Loses 9797 own metal by 15:00, close to what it destroys (6775).
  • − Wins only 40% of games, well below every other role shown.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Immort

51.7 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 44203 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:40Middle 50%: 0:34–0:46 · n=150
Advanced Metal Extractor9:06Middle 50%: 8:08–10:30 · n=130

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