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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. ThugThug
    12. GruntGrunt ×6
    13. Mex
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Mex
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. GuardGuard
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GruntGrunt ×4
    22. Mex
    23. GruntGrunt ×4
    24. GuardGuard
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. Mex
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    29. GruntGrunt ×4
  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 · 93 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Con turret
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Wind
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. CastroCastro
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Mex
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Mex
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:44 · typical 9:06
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Con turret
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. Energy storage
    48. Con turret
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind ×2
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. ThistleThistle
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Con turret
    66. Mex
    67. Wind ×3
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind ×5
    70. Metal storage
    71. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    72. Wind ×8
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Con turret ×3
    78. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:58
    79. Wind
    80. ShurikenShuriken
    81. Wind
    82. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    83. Wind
    84. ShurikenShuriken
    85. Wind
    86. ShurikenShuriken
    87. Wind
    88. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    89. Wind
    90. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. ShurikenShuriken ×5
    93. ValiantValiant ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (36 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

Rysica

36.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
37 metal received · 26986 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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