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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 · 450 distinct matches · 138 players · 65% of Cortex Front games · team won 51% of 467 · 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 450 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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 (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt ×3
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×5
    31. Con turret
  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 (43%) · energy storage (36%) · converter (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 · 49 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind
    10. Energy storage
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×8
    24. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. ThugThug
    27. Mex
    28. StoutStout
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. StoutStout
    32. GuardGuard
    33. StoutStout ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. Energy storage
    37. GuardGuard
    38. StoutStout
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. StoutStout
    42. GuardGuard
    43. Mex
    44. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    45. Wind
    46. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thors_Hammer's (32 OS, 06/10/2026); 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 65% 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

467 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0085600
3:00162810286
4:002710390344
5:003850920840
6:00510815871557
7:00638923652476
8:00773231243394
9:00915338324309
10:001080045375079
11:001265852035989
12:001454156816934
13:001681562017643
14:001900866498561
15:002063772469322
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

Thors_Hammer

31.8 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
1031 metal received · 25296 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=454
Advanced Metal Extractor9:23Middle 50%: 8:19–10:45 · n=343

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