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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · typical 0:40
  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. GruntGrunt ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. GuardGuard
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    20. Wind
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. GuardGuard
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 65 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. RocketeerRocketeer
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×8
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:47 · typical 9:06
    8. GruntGrunt ×7
    9. Con turret
    10. GruntGrunt ×4
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. ThugThug
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. ThugThug
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. Wind
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. ThugThug
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Wind
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. ThugThug
    46. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    47. Wind
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. Wind
    51. AggravatorAggravator
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. GuardGuard
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. Wind
    56. AggravatorAggravator
    57. ThugThug
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. CenturionCenturion
    60. AggravatorAggravator
    61. CenturionCenturion
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. CenturionCenturion
    64. AggravatorAggravator
    65. Construction BotCon bot ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (50 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

Erilium

49.7 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

32 received units · includes a constructor
46 metal received · 8282 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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