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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 · 37 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind ×2
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Mex
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. GuardGuard
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. ThugThug
    29. Windfor Geo
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. ThugThug
  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 · 44 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Windfor Geo
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    5. Windfor Geo
    6. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    7. Windfor Geo
    8. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 7:42 · typical 9:06
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. ThugThug
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Windfor Geo
    17. GruntGrunt ×3
    18. Windfor Geo
    19. GruntGrunt ×4
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Windfor Geo
    23. GruntGrunt ×4
    24. Pit BullPit Bull
    25. Windfor Geo
    26. GruntGrunt ×3
    27. Windfor Geo
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Wind
    31. Windfor Geo
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Wind ×2
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Windfor Geo
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGruntfor Geo
    40. Wind
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guardfor Geo
    42. GruntGruntfor Geo
    43. Windfor Geo
    44. GruntGrunt ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GeeGee's (37 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

GeeGee

37.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
104 metal received · 7073 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

Played most by

watermeloans19games of this buildHummell18games of this buildJelousOfMyEco12games of this buildCentientWaffle9games of this buildGeeGee7games of this build