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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 0:43 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGruntfor Geo sea
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×4
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Con turret
    22. Mex
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
  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 · 134 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GuardGuard
    3. ThugThug ×6
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. ThistleThistle
    7. ThugThug
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Con turret
    29. ThugThug
    30. Con turret
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind ×2
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. GuardGuard
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ThugThug
    43. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:30 · typical 9:46
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. ThistleThistle
    48. Wind
    49. ThugThug
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. GuardGuard
    57. ThugThug
    58. Wind
    59. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    60. Wind
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind
    63. GraverobberGraverobber
    64. GuardGuard
    65. Wind
    66. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:13
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Con turret
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. Con turret
    76. GruntGrunt ×4
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GuardGuard
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt ×3
    90. GuardGuard
    91. GruntGrunt ×5
    92. GruntGrunt ×8for Geo sea
    93. GuardGuard
    94. GruntGrunt ×5for Geo sea
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. GruntGruntfor Geo sea
    97. GruntGrunt ×3
    98. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:52
    99. GruntGrunt ×25
    100. Solar
    101. GruntGrunt ×9
    102. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    103. GruntGrunt ×8
    104. SheldonSheldondone 13:00
    105. GuardGuard
    106. DeceiverJammer bot
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. Energy storage
    109. AugurRadar bot
    110. GuardGuard
    111. Energy storage
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. SheldonSheldon ×3
    114. FiendFiend
    115. SheldonSheldon
    116. Wind ×2
    117. DeceiverJammer bot
    118. Wind ×2
    119. AugurRadar bot
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    121. Wind ×2
    122. SheldonSheldon
    123. Wind ×3
    124. SheldonSheldon
    125. Wind
    126. SheldonSheldon
    127. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    128. Wind
    129. FiendFiend
    130. Wind
    131. SheldonSheldon
    132. Wind ×2
    133. DeceiverJammer bot
    134. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo'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 0:11 · 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

Buckyo

36.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
108 metal received · 31153 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

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