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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 · 456 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 472 · 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 456 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 (48%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×4
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×4
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. 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 · 111 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug ×5
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt ×3
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt ×3
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:45
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Energy storage
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    26. GruntGrunt ×3
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Mex
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Wind ×4
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind ×2
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind ×2
    60. VeilVeil
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind ×7
    67. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:10
    68. Wind ×2
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×4
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    94. Wind
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Mex
    109. GruntGrunt ×2
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iyc's (51 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

472 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030500
2:0096300
3:002072197133
4:003165712636
5:00432016731430
6:00555025952419
7:00674536233533
8:00795045624501
9:00921552275488
10:001045259696304
11:001201765427138
12:001355670047974
13:001518476578779
14:001697884169428
15:0018420902910163
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

iyc

51.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

33 received units · includes a constructor
360 metal received · 77651 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=468
Advanced Metal Extractor9:45Middle 50%: 8:50–10:57 · n=305

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