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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. GuardGuard
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. GuardGuard
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. GuardGuard
    33. ThugThug
    34. GuardGuard
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
  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 · 100 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Mex
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×5
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    35. Wind
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Wind
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. JellyfishJellyfish
    45. Wind
    46. Mex
    47. JellyfishJellyfish
    48. Wind
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. Con turret
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:42
    55. Mex
    56. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:24
    57. Mex
    58. Converter
    59. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Mex ×2
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    68. CastroCastro
    69. GuardGuard
    70. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:39
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. GuardGuard
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. GuardGuard
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. GraverobberGraverobber
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    93. GraverobberGraverobber
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    95. GraverobberGraverobber
    96. Con turret
    97. GuardGuard
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. GuardGuard
    100. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is tedsterr's (43 OS, 07/08/2026); 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

tedsterr

42.8 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
114 metal received · 22498 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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