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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 0:45 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 104 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. GuardGuard
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug
    11. WardenWarden
    12. SAMSAM
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. WardenWarden
    15. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Energy storage
    19. Con turret
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 9:46
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind ×5
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×3
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    49. ThugThug
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×3
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind ×2
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Wind
    84. JunoJuno
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. CastroCastro
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind ×2
    94. ThistleThistle
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Metal storage
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. 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

35.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
2080 metal received · 56058 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

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