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Standard suicide front

Cortex Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 458 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 474 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:34

  1. Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
  5. Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 458 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 Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug15 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

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

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug7 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: energy storage (48%) · aggravator (47%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 145 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. ThugThug
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:46
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. ThugThug
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug ×3
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. ThugThug ×6
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. ThugThug ×7
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug ×3
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. Wind
    56. ThugThug
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. Wind
    59. ThugThug
    60. Mex
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Wind
    67. ThugThug
    68. Con turret
    69. ThugThug
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. ThugThug
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. Mex
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind
    78. ThugThug
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Wind
    81. ThugThug ×3
    82. Wind
    83. GraverobberGraverobber
    84. ThugThug ×3
    85. Wind
    86. IncisorIncisor
    87. ThugThug ×4
    88. Wind
    89. IncisorIncisor
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. CenturionCenturion
    92. Wind
    93. ThugThug ×2
    94. Wind
    95. ThugThug
    96. SprinterSprinter
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. IncisorIncisor
    101. SprinterSprinter
    102. IncisorIncisor
    103. Wind
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. ThugThug ×2
    106. SprinterSprinter
    107. Wind
    108. ThugThug
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. IncisorIncisor
    111. Wind
    112. ThugThug ×3
    113. CenturionCenturion
    114. ThugThug ×2
    115. Wind
    116. ThugThug ×4
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind
    119. IncisorIncisor
    120. GraverobberGraverobber
    121. ThugThug
    122. Wind
    123. ThugThug
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. ThugThug
    126. Wind
    127. ThugThug
    128. GraverobberGraverobber
    129. Wind
    130. GraverobberGraverobber
    131. Wind
    132. ThugThug
    133. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    134. ThugThug
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. ThugThug
    138. Wind
    139. ThugThug
    140. Wind
    141. ThugThug ×2
    142. Wind
    143. HoundHound
    144. Wind
    145. GraverobberGraverobber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:37 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

474 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030600
2:0096400
3:002072198133
4:003165723636
5:00432816731430
6:00555025952412
7:00674536233531
8:00795045704501
9:00922452395488
10:001046559906304
11:001201765557138
12:001355670147974
13:001518476858753
14:001697884309413
15:0018420906910163
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline aggressive job, winning half its games while both dealing and taking heavy metal losses fighting at middle.

  • + Fastest Bot Lab of any role (0:34), gets units fighting almost immediately.
  • + Destroys 8805 enemy metal by 15:00 through constant middle pressure.
  • − Loses 10461 own metal by 15:00, more than it destroys.
  • − Metal production lags behind other front role at 18297 by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

XXMACGAMERXX

35.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
204 metal received · 11846 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=470
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:57 · n=306

Played most by

_X_64games of this build_Hawkey_51games of this buildXXMACGAMERXX32games of this buildImmort30games of this buildGuiTou25games of this build
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