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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 · 42 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22
    2. Mex
    3. RascalRascal
    4. Wind
    5. RascalRascal
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    8. PounderPounder
    9. Mex ×2
    10. LasherLasher
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. GuardGuard
    16. PounderPounder
    17. Wind
    18. GuardGuard ×2
    19. WolverineWolverine
    20. Mex
    21. Wind ×2
    22. WolverineWolverine ×2
    23. Wind
    24. WolverineWolverine
    25. Wind
    26. WolverineWolverine
    27. PounderPounder
    28. Wind
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Wind
    33. PounderPounder ×2
    34. Wind
    35. BruteBrute ×2
    36. Wind
    37. BruteBrute ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. BruteBrute
    41. Wind
    42. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00 · 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

  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 · 111 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:51 · typical 9:06
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:09
    6. Wind
    7. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. GruntGrunt ×3
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt ×3
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×4
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt ×2
    38. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt ×2
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Mex
    44. GruntGrunt ×3
    45. Energy storage
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Con turret
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced solar
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:35
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Advanced solar
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. BruteBrute
    75. GuardGuard
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. Wind
    79. BruteBrute
    80. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    81. BruteBrute
    82. Advanced solar
    83. Wind
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. BruteBrute
    86. Wind
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. BruteBrute
    89. Wind
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Wind
    92. BruteBrute
    93. GraverobberGraverobber
    94. Wind ×2
    95. BruteBrute
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. Wind ×2
    98. BruteBrute
    99. GraverobberGraverobber
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced solar
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. Mex
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. BruteBrute
    106. BlitzBlitz
    107. Wind
    108. GraverobberGraverobber
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Wind
    111. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Goldenlion's (47 OS, 09/09/2026); 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

Goldenlion

46.5 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
14 metal received · 4917 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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