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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 · 80 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 ×2
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt ×7
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug ×8
    11. Mex
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. ThugThug
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. TrasherTrasher
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. GuardGuard
    36. Energy storage
    37. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 97 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. Converter
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Mex
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Con turret
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Converter
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. ThistleThistle
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Converter
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Converter
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Converter
    40. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. GuardGuard
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:42
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Con turret
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind ×2
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    61. Wind
    62. GuardGuard ×3
    63. Mex
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    73. Wind ×3
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Con turret
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Con turret
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Wind ×2
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind ×3
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind ×3
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind ×2
    94. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Teradactylman's (37 OS, 02/09/2026); 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
2:0096900
3:002066195133
4:003157684638
5:00430616451425
6:00553425542419
7:00673835643533
8:00792245054525
9:00917552115491
10:001043959036310
11:001200663667136
12:001357268428025
13:001523475068814
14:001702082639542
15:0018420883110330
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

Teradactylman

36.6 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
73 metal received · 39997 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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