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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 0:35 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Con turret
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. 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 · 112 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind ×2
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug ×2
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. Con turret
    47. ThugThug
    48. Wind
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:27 · typical 9:06
    54. Wind
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Converter ×2
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. GraverobberGraverobber
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. ThugThug
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. ThugThug
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. ThugThug
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Converter
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Converter
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×2
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Converter
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×4
    101. Converter
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Converter
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. Converter
    108. GruntGrunt ×5
    109. Pit BullPit Bull
    110. GruntGrunt ×10
    111. Pit BullPit Bull
    112. GruntGrunt ×8

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rysica's (36 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

36.2 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

35 received units · includes a constructor
226 metal received · 50821 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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