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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 ×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 (50%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Mex
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug
    27. GuardGuard
    28. ThugThug
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. GuardGuard
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug ×3
    35. GuardGuard
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. GuardGuard
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. GraverobberGraverobber
    42. GuardGuard
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. ThugThug
  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 · 233 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Converter
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. ThugThug
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. ThugThug
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Converter
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. Converter
    31. ThugThug ×3
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:13 · typical 9:42
    36. ThugThug ×2
    37. GuardGuard
    38. Converter
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×3
    42. Wind
    43. GuardGuard
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Converter
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Wind
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. ThugThug
    53. Converter
    54. ThugThug
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. ThugThug ×3
    58. GuardGuard
    59. Wind
    60. ThugThug
    61. Converter
    62. ThugThug
    63. Con turret
    64. ThugThug ×2
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. ThugThug
    69. Converter
    70. ThugThug
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug ×2
    74. Wind
    75. GuardGuard
    76. Wind
    77. ThugThug
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. JellyfishJellyfish
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. GraverobberGraverobber
    89. Wind ×2
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Construction BotCon bot
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. ThugThug
    97. Wind ×3
    98. ThugThug
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. ThugThug
    102. Wind ×2
    103. ThugThug
    104. Wind ×3
    105. ThugThug
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Converter
    108. ThugThug
    109. Wind
    110. ThugThug
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. ThugThug
    114. Wind ×4
    115. ThugThug
    116. Wind ×2
    117. ThugThug
    118. Converter
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. ThugThug
    122. Wind ×2
    123. ThugThug
    124. Wind ×4
    125. ThugThug
    126. Wind ×2
    127. ThugThug
    128. Converter ×2
    129. ThugThug
    130. Wind ×3
    131. Construction BotCon bot
    132. Wind ×5
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. Converter ×2
    135. GraverobberGraverobber
    136. Wind ×3
    137. GraverobberGraverobber
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. Wind ×3
    141. Converter ×2
    142. ThugThug ×2
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind
    146. ThugThug
    147. Wind ×3
    148. ThugThug
    149. Wind ×3
    150. Converter ×2
    151. ThugThug
    152. Wind
    153. ThugThug
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×3
    156. ThugThug
    157. Wind ×3
    158. ThugThug
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind
    162. Converter ×2
    163. ThugThug
    164. Con turret
    165. ThugThug
    166. Wind ×3
    167. ThugThug
    168. Con turret
    169. Wind ×2
    170. ThugThug
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. Wind
    174. Converter
    175. ThugThug
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Con turret
    179. ThugThug
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. Wind
    183. ThugThug
    184. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:05
    185. Converter
    186. Construction BotCon bot
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Construction BotCon bot
    189. Wind
    190. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:12
    191. GraverobberGraverobber
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×2
    194. GraverobberGraverobber
    195. Wind ×2
    196. Construction BotCon bot
    197. Wind ×2
    198. ThugThug ×2
    199. Wind ×2
    200. ThugThug
    201. Wind ×2
    202. ThugThug
    203. Wind
    204. Converter
    205. ThugThug ×3
    206. Wind ×2
    207. ThugThug
    208. Wind
    209. Converter
    210. IncisorIncisor ×2
    211. ThugThug
    212. IncisorIncisor ×2
    213. ThugThug
    214. Wind
    215. Converter
    216. IncisorIncisor
    217. ThugThug
    218. IncisorIncisor ×2
    219. Wind
    220. IncisorIncisor
    221. Wind
    222. ThugThug
    223. IncisorIncisor ×2
    224. Wind ×2
    225. IncisorIncisor
    226. ThugThug
    227. IncisorIncisor
    228. Wind
    229. IncisorIncisor
    230. Wind
    231. ThugThug
    232. Converter
    233. IncisorIncisor ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PixelPeeker's (43 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

PixelPeeker

42.7 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 15812 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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