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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×4
    21. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    22. 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
    • 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 · 64 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. JellyfishJellyfish
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    13. ThugThug ×4
    14. Mex
    15. CastroCastro
    16. Energy storage
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 9:43
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×5
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. GruntGrunt ×3
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×4
    32. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:31
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt ×7
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt ×8
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:42
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. BruteBrute
    43. GruntGrunt ×2
    44. BruteBrute
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. BruteBrute
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. BruteBrute
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. BruteBrute
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. BruteBrute
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Converter
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. BruteBrute
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 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

XXMACGAMERXX

36.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
418 metal received · 60613 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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