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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 0:45 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. ThugThug ×5
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    19. Metal storage
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
  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 · 106 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:12
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:56
    24. Mex
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×3
    33. Converter
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Converter
    42. GruntGrunt ×2
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt ×2
    46. Converter
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Con turret
    56. GruntGrunt ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Converter
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×3
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:24 · typical 9:42
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. Converter
    69. GruntGrunt ×5
    70. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:33
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. GraverobberGraverobber
    77. Converter
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt ×3
    81. GraverobberGraverobber
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    84. Converter
    85. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    86. ThistleThistle ×3
    87. Metal storage
    88. ThistleThistle ×2
    89. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. ThistleThistle
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    94. ThistleThistle
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    96. ThistleThistle
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    98. ThistleThistle
    99. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    100. Wind ×7
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×3
    105. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    106. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (49 OS, 30/08/2026); 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
2:0096900
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

49.3 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

25 received units · includes a constructor
61 metal received · 24398 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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