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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (49 OS, 17/09/2026); 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
2:0096900
3:002066195133
4:003157684638
5:00430616451425
6:00553425542419
7:00673835643533
8:00792245054525
9:00917552115491
10:001043959036310
11:001200663667136
12:001357268428025
13:001523475068814
14:001702082639542
15:0018420883110330
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

Derpiederp

48.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
29 metal received · 20062 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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