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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 · 421 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 437 · 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 421 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 0:43 · 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×4
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×4
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×3
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 199 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Metal storage
    10. Wind ×2
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Mex
    20. Wind ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind ×2
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:55 · typical 9:41
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. StoutStout
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. SentrySentry
    57. ThugThug
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    60. Wind ×2
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Wind
    67. JanusJanus
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Mex
    70. GraverobberGraverobber
    71. ThugThug ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. ThugThug
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    76. ThugThug
    77. Mex
    78. JanusJanus
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. GraverobberGraverobber
    81. Wind
    82. NettleNettle
    83. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. NettleNettle
    86. Wind
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. Wind ×2
    89. LazarusLazarus
    90. JanusJanus
    91. ThugThug
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. GraverobberGraverobber
    96. SentrySentry
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. ThugThug ×2
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. SentrySentry
    107. Wind
    108. JanusJanus
    109. GruntGrunt ×4
    110. SentrySentry
    111. GraverobberGraverobber
    112. RoverScout
    113. PawnPawn
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. JanusJanus
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. SentrySentry
    121. PawnPawn
    122. GruntGrunt ×2
    123. SentrySentry
    124. CenturionCenturion
    125. Wind
    126. GraverobberGraverobber
    127. Metal storage
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Mex
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. NettleNettle
    133. Con turret
    134. GruntGrunt ×2
    135. NettleNettle
    136. Wind
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. GraverobberGraverobber
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. SentrySentry
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. GruntGrunt ×2
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind
    148. GraverobberGraverobber
    149. SentrySentry
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. JaguarJaguar
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. GraverobberGraverobber
    160. Wind
    161. PawnPawn
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. ThugThug
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. PawnPawn
    166. RocketeerRocketeer
    167. GruntGrunt
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Wind
    171. ThugThug
    172. Wind
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. ThugThug
    175. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    176. GruntGrunt
    177. BlitzBlitz
    178. RocketeerRocketeer
    179. JaguarJaguar
    180. GruntGrunt
    181. ThugThug
    182. GruntGrunt
    183. GraverobberGraverobber
    184. Wind ×2
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    187. GruntGrunt
    188. Wind
    189. GruntGrunt
    190. Con turret
    191. Wind
    192. GruntGrunt
    193. Con turret
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Con turret
    196. Wind
    197. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    198. Wind
    199. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (48 OS, 11/09/2026); 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

437 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0028300
2:0096900
3:002065195133
4:003157683636
5:00430616421423
6:00553325472414
7:00673635533532
8:00792145024504
9:00917052045488
10:001042458806305
11:001199863567131
12:001356168318008
13:001521774748816
14:001701882639556
15:0018387881010349
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

48.0 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1206 metal received · 34016 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=433
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:47–10:58 · n=283

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