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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 · 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 (42%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:57
    2. Solar
    3. RascalRascal ×6
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    5. WolverineWolverine
    6. Solar
    7. WolverineWolverine ×2
    8. Mex
    9. WolverineWolverine ×2
    10. Mex
    11. IncisorIncisor ×2
    12. GuardGuard ×2
    13. IncisorIncisor ×3
    14. LasherLasher ×2
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. LasherLasher ×6
    17. Con turret
    18. LasherLasher
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
  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 · 196 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LasherLasher
    3. Wind
    4. LasherLasher
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LasherLasher
    7. Wind
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Wind
    10. LasherLasher
    11. Con turret
    12. LasherLasher ×2
    13. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:32
    14. Con turret
    15. LasherLasher ×2
    16. IncisorIncisor
    17. Wind
    18. IncisorIncisor
    19. Wind
    20. IncisorIncisor
    21. Wind
    22. IncisorIncisor
    23. Wind
    24. IncisorIncisor
    25. Wind ×2
    26. IncisorIncisor
    27. Wind
    28. IncisorIncisor
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09 · typical 9:06
    30. Wind
    31. IncisorIncisor
    32. Wind
    33. Energy storage
    34. IncisorIncisor
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. IncisorIncisor
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:59
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    52. Wind
    53. Mex
    54. Advanced solar
    55. ObscurerJammer
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    58. Wind
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. OmenRadar vehicle
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. QuakerQuakerdone 10:47
    66. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:46
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced solar
    70. QuakerQuaker
    71. Wind
    72. SentrySentry
    73. TickTick
    74. QuakerQuaker
    75. Con turret
    76. TickTick
    77. Con turret
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. SentrySentry
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. QuakerQuaker
    83. TickTick
    84. Advanced solar
    85. TickTick
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick
    88. QuakerQuaker
    89. SentrySentry
    90. TickTick
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:07
    92. TickTick ×3
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. QuakerQuaker
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×5
    99. QuakerQuaker
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×4
    102. QuakerQuaker
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. QuakerQuaker
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. QuakerQuaker
    111. TickTick
    112. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:39
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind ×2
    115. TickTick ×4
    116. BanisherBanisherdone 13:02
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. FinchFinch
    120. Mex
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. FinchFinch
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. FinchFinch
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. FinchFinch
    131. TickTick
    132. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    133. TickTick
    134. FinchFinch
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. BanisherBanisher
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. FinchFinch
    143. TickTick
    144. GuardGuard
    145. Wind
    146. FinchFinch
    147. TickTick
    148. TigerTigerdone 13:32
    149. FinchFinch
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind
    152. TickTick
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    154. TickTick
    155. TigerTiger
    156. TickTick
    157. FinchFinch
    158. GuardGuard
    159. Wind
    160. TickTick ×2
    161. FinchFinch
    162. TigerTiger
    163. TickTick
    164. FinchFinch
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. TigerTiger
    171. TickTick
    172. GuardGuard
    173. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    174. FinchFinch
    175. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    176. Wind
    177. TickTick
    178. TigerTiger
    179. FinchFinch
    180. TickTick
    181. FinchFinch
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick
    185. GuardGuard
    186. FinchFinch
    187. TickTick
    188. TigerTiger
    189. TickTick
    190. FinchFinch
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. TigerTiger
    193. TickTick
    194. GuardGuard
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. TigerTiger

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

Immort

53.9 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
3979 metal received · 91191 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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