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Standard front

Cortex Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard economy-first Front play: Bot Lab immediately, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:23, then a mixed Thug/Grunt/Aggravator army sent up to defend the wider gap and move to middle as a line.

#eco #team support · 447 distinct matches · 138 players · 65% of Cortex Front games · team won 50% of 464 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:40

  1. Open 2 mex into early Bot Lab.
  2. Finish Bot Lab and start Thug, Grunt, Aggravator mix.
  3. Send first units to coast to stop leaks, not straight to mid.
  4. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scales.
  5. Move units up as a line toward middle to hold the wider gap.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 447 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 mexdone ~0:40, middle half 0:34–0:46

    Some games also: wind (41%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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
    • Thug9 Thug
    • Aggravator5 Aggravator
    • Grunt4 Grunt

    Some games also: con turret (45%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Wind ×2
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. GruntGrunt ×5
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Mex
    20. ThugThug
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Wind
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GuardGuard
    38. Wind
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. GuardGuard
    43. Wind
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Grunt8 Grunt
    • Thug4 Thug
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator

    Some games also: Radar Tower (42%) · converter (36%) · energy storage (36%) · Twin Guard (33%) · eat Bot Lab (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 24 wind · 3 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is omga's (32 OS, 18/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:17 · in 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:46 · in 62% 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

464 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0085400
3:00162710286
4:002707387345
5:003850917839
6:00510515861559
7:00638923652478
8:00772631103385
9:00914638064291
10:001077345215079
11:001264252035987
12:001455356906925
13:001682962067650
14:001901866638566
15:002063272469349
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard front play wins less than half its games, with losses slightly outpacing kills through the first 15 minutes.

  • + Kills reach 7200 by 15:00 despite the safer starting position.
  • + T2 constructor reached in 85% of games, solid tech follow-through.
  • − Team wins under half of games (45%), the weakest shown here.
  • − Own metal lost (9484) exceeds enemy metal destroyed (7200) by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

omga

31.9 OS · 18/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
158 metal received · 5009 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=451
Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:19–10:45 · n=341

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