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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 · 168 distinct matches · 58 players · 65% of Cortex Front games · team won 42% of 170 · 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 168 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 (48%)

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 (43%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:53
    3. RascalRascal ×5
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. PounderPounder
    9. WolverineWolverine
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. WolverineWolverine
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. WolverineWolverine ×2
    16. Mex
    17. GuardGuard ×2
    18. WolverineWolverine
    19. GuardGuard ×2
    20. WolverineWolverine
    21. GuardGuard
    22. WolverineWolverine ×3
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. WolverineWolverine
    25. IncisorIncisor
    26. Energy storage
    27. IncisorIncisor
  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 (44%) · energy storage (42%) · Twin Guard (38%) · converter (35%) · Radar Tower (34%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 115 steps
    1. IncisorIncisor
    2. ThistleThistle
    3. IncisorIncisor ×2
    4. Mex
    5. IncisorIncisor
    6. GuardGuard
    7. IncisorIncisor
    8. PounderPounder
    9. GuardGuard
    10. IncisorIncisor
    11. Mex
    12. GuardGuard ×3
    13. IncisorIncisor
    14. Con turret
    15. IncisorIncisor ×8
    16. Wind
    17. IncisorIncisor
    18. Wind ×2
    19. IncisorIncisor
    20. Wind ×2
    21. IncisorIncisor
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. IncisorIncisor
    25. GuardGuard
    26. IncisorIncisor ×4
    27. Converter
    28. IncisorIncisor
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:05
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Converter
    32. IncisorIncisor ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. IncisorIncisor
    35. Converter
    36. IncisorIncisor
    37. Wind ×2
    38. IncisorIncisor
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2
    42. IncisorIncisor
    43. Wind
    44. IncisorIncisor
    45. Wind ×2
    46. IncisorIncisor
    47. Wind
    48. IncisorIncisor
    49. Wind ×2
    50. IncisorIncisor
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Wind
    58. Solar
    59. Wind ×2
    60. IncisorIncisor
    61. Wind ×2
    62. IncisorIncisor
    63. Wind ×3
    64. IncisorIncisor
    65. Wind ×4
    66. IncisorIncisor
    67. Wind ×3
    68. IncisorIncisor
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind ×2
    71. IncisorIncisor
    72. Wind ×4
    73. IncisorIncisor
    74. Wind ×3
    75. IncisorIncisor
    76. Wind ×2
    77. IncisorIncisor
    78. Wind ×5
    79. IncisorIncisor
    80. Wind
    81. IncisorIncisor
    82. Wind ×2
    83. IncisorIncisor
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Pit BullPit Bull
    86. IncisorIncisor ×3
    87. Wind ×3
    88. IncisorIncisor
    89. Wind
    90. IncisorIncisor
    91. Wind
    92. IncisorIncisor
    93. Wind
    94. IncisorIncisor ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. IncisorIncisor
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. IncisorIncisor
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. IncisorIncisor
    104. Con turret
    105. IncisorIncisor
    106. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:22
    107. IncisorIncisor ×4
    108. Wind
    109. IncisorIncisor ×2
    110. GuardGuard
    111. IncisorIncisor
    112. Converter
    113. IncisorIncisor ×7
    114. Wind
    115. IncisorIncisor ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (46 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · 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

170 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0086500
3:0016368582
4:002700346346
5:003812927944
6:00505516661729
7:00634423972625
8:00767132793691
9:00908138374391
10:001085443635097
11:001279249895920
12:001497752767008
13:001737159027663
14:001987662748693
15:002280569019752
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

Hummell

45.8 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
224 metal received · 36294 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=151
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 8:08–10:29 · n=131

Played most by

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