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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 · 421 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 437 · 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 421 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. GuardGuard
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Con turret
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Wind
    37. GuardGuard
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. GuardGuard
    40. 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 · 63 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Mex
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Mex
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    27. GuardGuard
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04 · typical 9:41
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. WardenWarden
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. GruntGrunt ×5
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Con turret
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    48. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    49. CastroCastro
    50. Wind
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FFS]WatchBehind's (40 OS, 02/08/2026); 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

437 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0028300
2:0096900
3:002065195133
4:003157683636
5:00430616421423
6:00553325472414
7:00673635533532
8:00792145024504
9:00917052045488
10:001042458806305
11:001199863567131
12:001356168318008
13:001521774748816
14:001701882639556
15:0018387881010349
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

[FFS]WatchBehind

40.2 OS · 02/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
113 metal received · 7518 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=433
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:47–10:58 · n=283

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