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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

XXMACGAMERXX

35.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
353 metal received · 39582 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

Played most by

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