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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 · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GruntGrunt ×4
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt ×7
    14. Mex ×2
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GruntGrunt ×5
    18. Con turret
    19. GruntGrunt ×3
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. GruntGrunt ×3
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Con turret
    27. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 127 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Con turret
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. CastroCastro
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Energy storage
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Energy storage
    39. Wind ×2
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind ×2
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GraverobberGraverobber
    92. Wind ×2
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:31 · typical 9:06
    103. Wind ×2
    104. GraverobberGraverobber
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Converter ×2
    112. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    122. Converter ×8
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:34
    125. Con turret
    126. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×3
    127. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (37 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

37.1 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
35 metal received · 20148 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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