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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 · 168 distinct matches · 58 players · 65% of Cortex Front games · team won 42% of 170 · 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 168 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 (48%)

    By 0:24 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:47 · 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 (43%) · Radar Tower (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 5 wind

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

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

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. ThugThug ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug ×6
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GuardGuard
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. GruntGrunt ×3
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt ×3
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. GruntGrunt ×5
    15. Con turret
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Metal storage
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×3
    20. Wind ×3
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Energy storage
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Converter
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Mex
    36. Converter
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Converter
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. JanusJanus
    41. Converter
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. GuardGuard
    46. GruntGrunt ×3
    47. Mex
    48. GruntGrunt ×3
    49. JanusJanus
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. StoutStout
    53. Wind
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. RocketeerRocketeer
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Wind
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. SheldonSheldondone 12:29
    81. Wind
    82. SentrySentry
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. SheldonSheldon
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. JanusJanus
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×7
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×4
    96. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    97. GruntGrunt ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Converter
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Converter
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Converter
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hummell's (46 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 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

170 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033100
2:0086500
3:0016368582
4:002700346346
5:003812927944
6:00505516661729
7:00634423972625
8:00767132793691
9:00908138374391
10:001085443635097
11:001279249895920
12:001497752767008
13:001737159027663
14:001987662748693
15:002280569019752
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

Hummell

46.3 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units
93 metal received · 16386 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=151
Advanced Metal Extractor9:05Middle 50%: 8:08–10:29 · n=131

Played most by

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