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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GruntGrunt ×3
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Exploiter
    18. ThugThug
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Mex
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Exploiter
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. GuardGuard
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×8
    29. ThugThug
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Mex
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Mexfor Front
    35. Wind
    36. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 126 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Mex
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:45
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. IncisorIncisor
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. IncisorIncisor
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. IncisorIncisor
    27. Wind
    28. IncisorIncisor
    29. Wind
    30. IncisorIncisor
    31. Wind
    32. IncisorIncisor
    33. Wind
    34. IncisorIncisor
    35. Wind
    36. IncisorIncisor
    37. Wind
    38. IncisorIncisor
    39. Wind
    40. IncisorIncisor ×6
    41. BruteBrute
    42. GuardGuard
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:18 · typical 9:42
    44. GuardGuard
    45. BruteBrute
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Wind ×3
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. BruteBrute
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×5
    57. Energy storage
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced solar
    62. PounderPounder
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. PounderPounder ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PounderPounder
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. PounderPounder
    71. Wind
    72. PounderPounder ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Pit BullPit Bull
    76. PounderPounder ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. PounderPounder
    80. Wind
    81. PounderPounder ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PounderPounder
    84. Wind
    85. LasherLasher
    86. RascalRascal ×2
    87. Converter
    88. RascalRascal ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. RascalRascal
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. RascalRascal
    94. Converter
    95. RascalRascal
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. Wind
    98. RascalRascal
    99. Converter
    100. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:38
    101. RascalRascal
    102. Converter
    103. RascalRascal
    104. Converter ×2
    105. Wind
    106. RascalRascal ×2
    107. Wind
    108. RascalRascal
    109. Converter
    110. RascalRascal ×3
    111. Wind
    112. RascalRascal ×4
    113. Wind
    114. RascalRascal ×4
    115. Wind
    116. RascalRascal ×2
    117. Converter
    118. RascalRascal ×2
    119. Wind
    120. RascalRascal ×4
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    125. Con turret ×2
    126. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kelin's (41 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

Kelin

41.5 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1183 metal received · 44335 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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