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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 · 46 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. Mex
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. ThugThug
    23. Mex
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. GuardGuard
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×3
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×3
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. ThugThug
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. GuardGuard
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. ThugThug
    46. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
  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 · 234 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. ThugThug
    5. Metal storage
    6. GuardGuard
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Converter
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. GuardGuard
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Wind
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Converter
    32. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×3
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. ThugThug
    38. Converter
    39. ThugThug
    40. GuardGuard
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. ThugThug ×5
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. Converter
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00
    50. ThugThug
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. GruntGrunt ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    60. Wind
    61. ThugThug
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. ThugThug
    64. Converter
    65. ThugThug ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug ×4
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. ThugThug
    72. Con turret ×3
    73. ThugThug
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×4
    78. ThugThug
    79. Con turret
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. Mex
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Energy storage
    87. Mex
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. ThugThug
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind ×5
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. ThugThug
    104. Wind ×3
    105. ThugThug
    106. Wind ×3
    107. ThugThug
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Converter ×3
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind ×2
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×3
    120. Construction BotCon bot
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Mex
    124. Wind ×2
    125. GraverobberGraverobber
    126. Wind
    127. Converter ×2
    128. GraverobberGraverobber
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Wind ×3
    131. ThugThug
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. ThugThug
    135. Wind ×4
    136. ThugThug
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. ThugThug ×2
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×2
    144. ThugThug
    145. Wind
    146. ThugThug
    147. Wind
    148. Mex
    149. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:16
    150. Wind ×3
    151. ThugThug
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×2
    155. ThugThug
    156. Wind
    157. GuardGuard
    158. Wind ×2
    159. Converter
    160. Wind ×2
    161. ThugThug
    162. Wind
    163. GuardGuard
    164. Wind ×4
    165. Converter
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. Wind ×2
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. GuardGuard
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×2
    172. GruntGrunt
    173. Wind
    174. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Wind ×3
    179. GruntGrunt
    180. Wind ×3
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind ×4
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Converter
    185. Wind ×2
    186. Converter
    187. GruntGrunt
    188. Converter
    189. Wind ×3
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind ×2
    192. GruntGrunt ×2
    193. Wind ×4
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. SumoSumodone 13:29
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Converter ×2
    199. GruntGrunt
    200. Wind ×2
    201. SumoSumo
    202. GruntGrunt
    203. Wind ×4
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Wind
    206. SumoSumo
    207. Wind
    208. GruntGrunt
    209. Wind ×2
    210. GruntGrunt
    211. Wind ×2
    212. Converter
    213. SumoSumo
    214. GruntGrunt
    215. Wind ×3
    216. GruntGrunt
    217. Wind
    218. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    219. SumoSumo
    220. GruntGrunt
    221. Converter
    222. Wind ×3
    223. GruntGrunt
    224. Wind
    225. SumoSumo
    226. Converter
    227. GruntGrunt
    228. Converter
    229. Wind
    230. GruntGrunt
    231. Wind ×2
    232. SumoSumo
    233. Wind
    234. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PixelPeeker's (43 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

PixelPeeker

42.7 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
398 metal received · 36554 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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