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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 · 79 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 36 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. GuardGuard ×2
    16. ThugThug
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. Wind
    25. WardenWarden
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Energy storage
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. GuardGuard
    36. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
  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 · 206 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Mex
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    6. GuardGuard
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    8. GuardGuard
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GruntGrunt ×3
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. GuardGuard
    15. GruntGrunt ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GruntGrunt ×3
    18. Mex
    19. GruntGrunt ×10
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:20 · typical 9:42
    28. GruntGrunt ×5
    29. GuardGuard
    30. GruntGrunt ×5
    31. GraverobberGraverobber ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. GruntGrunt ×6
    34. Con turret
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. GruntGrunt ×3
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Converter
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind ×2
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Converter
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. Con turret
    71. Converter
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind ×2
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Con turret
    77. Converter
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Solar
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. Solar
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. Solar
    96. Wind ×2
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Converter
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind ×2
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. GruntGrunt ×2
    110. Con turret
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt ×2
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt ×3
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Converter
    124. GruntGrunt ×3
    125. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:26
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind
    131. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:35
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Con turret
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Converter
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. Wind
    144. GruntGrunt ×2
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Converter
    150. FinchFinch
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. FinchFinch
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind
    155. FinchFinch
    156. Wind
    157. GruntGrunt
    158. Wind
    159. FinchFinch
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. Wind
    162. FinchFinch
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Wind
    165. FinchFinch
    166. Converter
    167. GruntGrunt ×2
    168. FinchFinch
    169. Wind
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. Wind
    172. FinchFinch
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. Wind ×2
    175. GruntGrunt ×2
    176. Wind
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Converter
    179. GruntGrunt ×3
    180. Wind
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind
    183. GruntGrunt ×2
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Wind
    187. GruntGrunt ×2
    188. Wind
    189. GruntGrunt ×2
    190. FinchFinch
    191. Converter
    192. GruntGrunt ×2
    193. Wind
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. FinchFinch
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Wind
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. FinchFinch
    200. Con turret
    201. Wind
    202. GruntGrunt
    203. Wind
    204. GruntGrunt ×2
    205. Converter
    206. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (43 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

438 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0028500
2:0097000
3:002069195133
4:003161685638
5:00430816561425
6:00553625612419
7:00674535823533
8:00792945134525
9:00919452115491
10:001046559036310
11:001201763667124
12:001361268427999
13:001523475068807
14:001702082639520
15:0018420887210297
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

Xad

43.4 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

33 received units · includes a constructor
142 metal received · 54132 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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