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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:40 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. ThugThug ×4
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Mex
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Mex
    8. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    9. Mex
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    16. Mex
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Mex
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×7
  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 · 116 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt ×4
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt ×4
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Con turret
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind ×2
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Tidal
    38. Wind
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:29
    45. Wind
    46. Wind
    47. Wind
    48. Tidal
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Construction ShipCon ship
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Construction ShipCon ship
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Tidal
    57. ShurikenShuriken
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:29 · typical 9:06
    59. Wind
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Wind
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. ShurikenShuriken
    67. Wind
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. ShurikenShuriken
    75. Wind
    76. EllysawFrigate
    77. ShurikenShuriken
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. Wind
    82. Wind
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. EllysawFrigate
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. EllysawFrigate
    90. Wind
    91. ValiantValiant ×2
    92. Wind
    93. ValiantValiant
    94. EllysawFrigate
    95. Wind
    96. Wind
    97. ValiantValiant
    98. Wind
    99. ValiantValiant
    100. Wind
    101. Mex
    102. ValiantValiant ×3
    103. Wind
    104. ValiantValiant ×4
    105. Wind
    106. ShurikenShuriken ×5
    107. Mex
    108. ShurikenShuriken
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind
    111. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    112. EllysawFrigate
    113. Wind
    114. EllysawFrigate
    115. Wind
    116. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SauceDispenser's (35 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

SauceDispenser

35.1 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

61 received units · includes a constructor
191 metal received · 12041 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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