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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 · 458 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 474 · 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 458 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 2 mexdone ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    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 0:35
  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 (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Con turret
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×4
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. ThugThug ×3
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
  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
    • Thug7 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: energy storage (48%) · aggravator (47%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 77 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    6. Wind
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Con turret
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Wind
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Wind
    34. GuardGuard
    35. ThugThug
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×2
    38. ThugThug
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. GuardGuard
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. ThugThug
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:25 · typical 9:46
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind ×2
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt ×3
    74. Mex ×2
    75. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    76. Con turret
    77. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KolachePlayz's (42 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 68% 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

474 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030600
2:0096400
3:002072198133
4:003165723636
5:00432816731430
6:00555025952412
7:00674536233531
8:00795045704501
9:00922452395488
10:001046559906304
11:001201765557138
12:001355670147974
13:001518476858753
14:001697884309413
15:0018420906910163
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

KolachePlayz

41.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

31 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 6224 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=470
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:57 · n=306

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