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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 · 438 distinct matches · 81 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 454 · 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 438 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 0:44 · 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 (49%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×4
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. GruntGrunt ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Energy storage
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. BlitzBlitz
  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
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (49%) · energy storage (48%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 108 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. ThugThug
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. ThugThug
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×2
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug ×2
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. ThugThug
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug ×2
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. Wind
    53. GraverobberGraverobber
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. IncisorIncisor
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. IncisorIncisor
    60. ThugThug ×2
    61. Wind
    62. IncisorIncisor
    63. ThugThug
    64. IncisorIncisor ×2
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. CenturionCenturion ×2
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. Wind
    70. CenturionCenturion
    71. ThugThug ×2
    72. Wind
    73. GraverobberGraverobber
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind
    76. RocketeerRocketeer
    77. ThugThug
    78. IncisorIncisor
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. ThugThug ×2
    81. Wind
    82. MaceMace
    83. ThugThug
    84. RocketeerRocketeer
    85. MaceMace
    86. GraverobberGraverobber
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. IncisorIncisor
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. ThugThug
    91. Wind
    92. IncisorIncisor ×3
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. IncisorIncisor
    95. GraverobberGraverobber
    96. IncisorIncisor
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. ThugThug ×2
    100. IncisorIncisor
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. ThugThug
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. ThugThug
    107. IncisorIncisor
    108. ThugThug

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:37 · in 56% 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

454 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0029400
2:0096600
3:002069195133
4:003157695636
5:00430316651428
6:00554025722408
7:00673335823531
8:00792245134501
9:00916852115488
10:001040959036293
11:001194664207134
12:001354168557974
13:001511875068753
14:001695582639442
15:0018266887210231
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

36.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units
771 metal received · 40551 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=450
Advanced Metal Extractor9:43Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=292

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