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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 · 459 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 475 · 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 459 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 · 25 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. ThugThug
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug
    19. SentrySentry
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. GraverobberGraverobber ×4
    25. ThugThug ×3
  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 · 91 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Wind
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    24. ThugThug
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. ThugThug
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:53
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. Wind
    47. ThugThug ×2
    48. Wind
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. IncisorIncisor
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. IncisorIncisor
    54. ThugThug
    55. IncisorIncisor
    56. ThugThug
    57. Wind
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. IncisorIncisor ×2
    60. Wind
    61. IncisorIncisor
    62. Wind
    63. IncisorIncisor ×2
    64. Wind
    65. IncisorIncisor
    66. Wind
    67. IncisorIncisor ×2
    68. Wind
    69. IncisorIncisor
    70. Energy storage
    71. Wind
    72. JanusJanus
    73. IncisorIncisor
    74. Wind
    75. IncisorIncisor
    76. Wind
    77. IncisorIncisor
    78. Wind ×8
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 12:53 · typical 9:48
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Con turret
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Construction BotCon bot ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

475 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030600
2:0096400
3:002073198133
4:003166732636
5:00432916801430
6:00555025972410
7:00674936373530
8:00796345654498
9:00922752315488
10:001047659866303
11:001202065467136
12:001356170087959
13:001521776788729
14:001699484199402
15:0018452903810162
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

36.8 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
162 metal received · 5940 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=471
Advanced Metal Extractor9:48Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=307

Played most by

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