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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:55 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt ×4
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug ×4
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. ThugThug
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Wind
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Wind
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Mex
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. GuardGuard
    6. JellyfishJellyfish
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug ×4
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×7
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×5
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×6
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×4
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug ×3
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. BeholderBeholder
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. Mex
    48. ThugThug
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:10 · typical 9:42
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ThugThug
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:27
    55. ThugThug ×2
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug ×3
    58. Wind
    59. ThugThug ×3
    60. Con turret
    61. ThugThug
    62. Wind
    63. ThugThug ×2
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. ThugThug
    66. Wind
    67. ThugThug
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind
    71. GraverobberGraverobber
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. Wind
    75. ThugThug
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. Wind ×2
    78. ThugThug
    79. Wind
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. Mex
    83. GraverobberGraverobber
    84. Wind
    85. ThugThug
    86. Wind ×4
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. Wind
    89. ThugThug
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. ThugThug
    93. Wind
    94. GraverobberGraverobber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Mixosis's (38 OS, 05/08/2026); 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

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

Mixosis

38.4 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
501 metal received · 9277 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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