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Cortex Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's default economy-first play: Bot Lab right away, Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:12, transitioning into the usual Thug/Grunt/Aggravator mix to hold the wider gap and feed the middle.

#eco #defence · 188 distinct matches · 64 players · 62% of Cortex Front games · team won 45% of 191 · 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 188 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 0:33–0:46

    Some games also: wind (49%)

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · 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
    • Thug7 Thug
    • Aggravator5 Aggravator
    • Grunt4 Grunt

    Some games also: con turret (41%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. GuardGuard ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug ×6
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Grunt7 Grunt
    • Thug2 Thug

    Some games also: aggravator (49%) · energy storage (41%) · Radar Tower (38%) · Twin Guard (36%) · converter (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Converter
    17. ThugThug
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Mex
    21. GruntGrunt ×3
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. GruntGrunt ×3
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Mex
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×3
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. CastroCastro
    38. Wind ×2
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt ×2
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×4
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:00 · typical 9:12
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. GuardGuard
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt ×3
    58. GuardGuard
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. GuardGuard
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. Wind ×2
    76. GraverobberGraverobber
    77. GuardGuard
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt ×2
    82. Wind
    83. GuardGuard
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GuardGuard
    88. Converter
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Construction BotCon bot
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Wind
    101. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (36 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 67% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:33 · in 66% 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

191 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0085800
3:0016238686
4:002684366326
5:003814938875
6:00505116511622
7:00631023642607
8:00765531393548
9:00902136104317
10:001084842455102
11:001278048825948
12:001495252076900
13:001730857597591
14:001971462628368
15:002249370189398
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

Rexalidus

36.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
375 metal received · 9848 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:40Middle 50%: 0:33–0:46 · n=179
Advanced Metal Extractor9:12Middle 50%: 8:11–10:29 · n=150

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