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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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 49 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GuardGuard
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. GuardGuard ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Wind
    24. GuardGuard
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. Wind
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. ThugThug
    38. GuardGuard
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug ×2
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. Wind
  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 · 168 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. ThugThug
    13. Con turret
    14. ThugThug
    15. CastroCastro
    16. Con turret
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Energy storage
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. Wind ×5
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:36
    32. GuardGuard
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Wind
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Wind
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. NettleNettle
    42. Wind
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. HerculesLight transport
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Converter
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. HephaestusHeavy transport
    52. Mex
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Wind
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Wind
    63. Wind
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Wind
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. ShurikenShuriken
    76. SentrySentry
    77. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    78. Wind
    79. SentrySentry ×2
    80. ShurikenShuriken
    81. Converter
    82. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    83. Wind
    84. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    85. Converter
    86. ShurikenShuriken
    87. Wind
    88. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    89. SentrySentry
    90. ShurikenShuriken
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. ShurikenShuriken
    94. SentrySentry
    95. Wind
    96. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    99. ShurikenShuriken
    100. Converter
    101. FinchFinch
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. FinchFinch ×2
    105. Wind
    106. FinchFinch
    107. Converter
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:51 · typical 9:43
    109. FinchFinch
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. FinchFinch
    112. Wind
    113. FinchFinch ×2
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Pit BullPit Bull
    117. FinchFinch
    118. Mex
    119. Wind ×2
    120. FinchFinch
    121. Wind
    122. SentrySentry
    123. Wind
    124. FinchFinch
    125. SentrySentry
    126. Wind
    127. FinchFinch
    128. Wind
    129. FinchFinch
    130. Wind
    131. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    132. Wind
    133. FinchFinch ×2
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. Wind
    136. FinchFinch
    137. Wind ×2
    138. FinchFinch
    139. Wind
    140. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:46
    141. Wind ×2
    142. ThistleThistle
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. FinchFinch
    146. Wind ×2
    147. FinchFinch
    148. DolphinDolphin
    149. Wind
    150. DolphinDolphin
    151. Wind ×2
    152. DolphinDolphin
    153. FinchFinch
    154. Wind
    155. DolphinDolphin
    156. Wind ×2
    157. FinchFinch
    158. DolphinDolphin
    159. FinchFinch
    160. Wind
    161. DolphinDolphin
    162. Wind
    163. FinchFinch
    164. Wind
    165. DolphinDolphin
    166. Wind
    167. FinchFinch
    168. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (51 OS, 01/10/2026); 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

PRO_Rerory

51.1 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

133 received units · includes a constructor
143 metal received · 15306 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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