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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 · 22 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×3
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    21. ThugThug
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 130 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Mex
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:41 · typical 9:46
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Wind ×5
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind ×4
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind ×2
    25. ThugThug
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Metal storage
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind ×2
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Wind ×3
    44. ThugThug ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind ×3
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Wind ×2
    52. ThugThug
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug
    55. Wind
    56. Energy storage
    57. Wind ×2
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:00
    60. Wind ×7
    61. Pit BullPit Bull
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Pit BullPit Bull ×2
    64. Wind ×3
    65. PawnPawn
    66. Wind ×7
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Pit BullPit Bull
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind ×2
    82. PawnPawn
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Con turret
    93. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:05
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind ×2
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. PawnPawn
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. PawnPawn
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. PawnPawn
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind ×2
    109. GruntGrunt ×2
    110. Wind ×2
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. IncisorIncisor
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. IncisorIncisor
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt ×3
    122. IncisorIncisor
    123. Wind
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. IncisorIncisor
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. IncisorIncisor
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. 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

35.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
13 metal received · 26800 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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