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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 0:44 · 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 ×6
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×2
  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 · 192 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Con turret
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Wind
    23. Energy storage
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×5
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. GuardGuard ×3
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:23 · typical 9:46
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. Wind ×2
    38. GruntGrunt ×4
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:42
    48. Wind
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:55
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. BlitzBlitz
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. GruntGrunt ×2
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. BlitzBlitz
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Wind
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. GruntGrunt ×2
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. GruntGrunt ×2
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. Construction BotCon bot
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. GruntGrunt ×3
    144. BlitzBlitz
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. GruntGrunt ×2
    149. Wind
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. GruntGrunt ×2
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind
    155. GruntGrunt ×2
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. GruntGrunt ×2
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt ×2
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. Wind
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. Wind
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. GruntGrunt ×2
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Wind
    179. GruntGrunt
    180. BlitzBlitz
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. GruntGrunt ×2
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. GruntGrunt ×2
    187. BlitzBlitz
    188. GruntGrunt
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. GruntGrunt

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

35.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
143 metal received · 27920 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

_X_64games of this build_Hawkey_51games of this buildXXMACGAMERXX32games of this buildImmort30games of this buildGuiTou25games of this build
Standard suicide front · Cortex Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas