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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 39 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. GuardGuard
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    28. Wind
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. GuardGuard
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. GuardGuard
    39. 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 · 228 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. ThugThug
    5. Con turret
    6. GuardGuard
    7. ThugThug ×6
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Energy storage
    10. GruntGrunt ×5
    11. Converter
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. CenturionCenturion
    14. GruntGrunt ×2
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. ThugThug
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. TrasherTrasher
    29. Wind
    30. TrasherTrasher
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Con turret
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Con turret
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. ThugThug
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. RocketeerRocketeer
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. GruntGrunt ×3
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. ThugThug
    53. GruntGrunt ×4
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. Mex
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. GuardGuard
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. GuardGuard
    62. GruntGrunt ×3
    63. GuardGuard
    64. GruntGrunt ×3
    65. GuardGuard
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:57
    67. GruntGrunt ×12
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. GruntGrunt ×4
    70. Metal storage
    71. Construction BotCon bot ×5
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. GruntGrunt ×3
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. GruntGrunt ×5
    80. Con turret ×2
    81. GruntGrunt ×2
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind ×2
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind ×2
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×2
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×2
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Wind ×3
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind ×3
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Wind ×4
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×3
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:29
    138. Wind ×3
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. Converter
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. GruntGrunt
    150. Wind
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Converter
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind ×2
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. Wind
    157. GruntGrunt
    158. Wind ×2
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. Wind ×2
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Wind
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. Wind ×3
    167. GruntGrunt ×2
    168. Converter
    169. Wind ×2
    170. GruntGrunt ×2
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. GruntGrunt ×2
    174. Wind ×2
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. OppressorDestroyerdone 14:17
    179. GruntGrunt
    180. Wind ×2
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Converter
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Converter
    185. Wind
    186. GruntGrunt ×2
    187. Wind
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind ×2
    192. GruntGrunt
    193. Wind
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Wind ×2
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Wind
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. Wind ×2
    200. GruntGrunt
    201. Wind ×2
    202. Converter
    203. OppressorDestroyer
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Wind
    206. GruntGrunt
    207. Wind
    208. GruntGrunt
    209. Converter
    210. Wind
    211. GruntGrunt
    212. Wind
    213. GruntGrunt
    214. Wind ×3
    215. GruntGrunt
    216. Wind
    217. GruntGrunt
    218. Wind
    219. Converter
    220. GruntGrunt
    221. Converter ×2
    222. HerringMissile corvette
    223. Wind
    224. GruntGrunt
    225. Wind
    226. Converter
    227. Wind
    228. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (47 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

xabre

47.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
60 metal received · 38022 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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