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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 · 422 distinct matches · 79 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 438 · 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 422 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 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:27–0:44

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · typical 0:34
  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 (50%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. GuardGuard
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    20. ThugThug ×5
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Energy storage
    37. Construction BotCon bot
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug5 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (50%) · energy storage (48%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Twin Guard (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 199 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. GruntGrunt ×2
    16. JanusJanus
    17. Wind
    18. Metal storage
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. JanusJanus
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Mex
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. ThugThug
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. ThugThug
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. GuardGuard
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. GuardGuard
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. JanusJanus
    36. Con turret
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. GuardGuard
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. JanusJanus
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Mex
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. ThugThug
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Wind
    53. JanusJanus
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Mex
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. JanusJanus
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. Mex
    71. GruntGrunt ×3
    72. Wind
    73. WhistlerMissile truck
    74. JanusJanus
    75. GraverobberGraverobber
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. Mex
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. AggravatorAggravator
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:29
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. Mex
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Converter
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. JanusJanus
    100. GraverobberGraverobber
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. GuardGuard
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. GruntGrunt ×2
    110. Converter
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind ×2
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. Converter
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Converter
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Con turret
    121. GraverobberGraverobber
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    125. Wind ×3
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:57 · typical 9:42
    130. Wind
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Con turret
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Con turret
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Con turret
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind ×4
    144. Con turret
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Wind ×2
    147. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    148. Wind ×2
    149. ThistleThistle
    150. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    151. Wind
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. Wind
    154. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    155. Wind ×3
    156. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    157. Pit BullPit Bull
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    160. Pit BullPit Bull
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    163. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:31
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind
    167. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:23
    168. Wind
    169. GraverobberGraverobber
    170. GruntGrunt ×3
    171. Wind
    172. ArbalestArbalest
    173. GruntGrunt ×2
    174. Con turret
    175. GraverobberGraverobber
    176. T2 converter
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Wind
    179. GruntGrunt ×4
    180. GraverobberGraverobber
    181. Con turret
    182. Wind
    183. GruntGrunt ×5
    184. Con turret
    185. GraverobberGraverobber
    186. Wind
    187. GruntGrunt
    188. ArbalestArbalest
    189. GruntGrunt ×2
    190. Wind
    191. Con turret
    192. GruntGrunt ×2
    193. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    194. Con turret
    195. Wind
    196. PawnPawn
    197. GraverobberGraverobber
    198. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    199. GraverobberGraverobber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (48 OS, 08/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% 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

438 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0028500
2:0097000
3:002069195133
4:003161685638
5:00430816561425
6:00553625612419
7:00674535823533
8:00792945134525
9:00919452115491
10:001046559036310
11:001201763667124
12:001361268427999
13:001523475068807
14:001702082639520
15:0018420887210297
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

Derpiederp

47.9 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
29 metal received · 47017 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:27–0:44 · n=434
Advanced Metal Extractor9:42Middle 50%: 8:47–10:57 · n=284

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