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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 · 44 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GuardGuard
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. ThugThug
    44. GuardGuard
  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 · 296 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Energy storage
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt ×10
    22. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    23. GruntGrunt ×13
    24. Con turret
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Con turret
    27. GruntGrunt ×3
    28. Mex
    29. GruntGrunt ×30
    30. Mex
    31. GruntGrunt ×5
    32. GuardGuard
    33. GruntGrunt ×4
    34. Con turret
    35. GuardGuard
    36. GruntGrunt ×29
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. GruntGrunt ×4
    39. Advanced solar
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Con turret ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:35 · typical 9:42
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Advanced solar
    45. GruntGrunt ×2
    46. Advanced solar
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. ValiantValiant
    50. Wind ×2
    51. ValiantValiant
    52. Wind ×4
    53. ValiantValiant
    54. Wind
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Wind
    58. ValiantValiant
    59. Wind ×2
    60. ValiantValiant
    61. Wind ×3
    62. ValiantValiant
    63. Wind ×2
    64. ValiantValiant
    65. Wind ×3
    66. ValiantValiant
    67. Wind
    68. ValiantValiant
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Wind
    73. ValiantValiant
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. ValiantValiant
    78. Wind
    79. ValiantValiant
    80. Wind ×4
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. ValiantValiant
    83. Wind ×3
    84. ValiantValiant
    85. HerculesLight transport
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Wind ×3
    89. ValiantValiant
    90. Wind
    91. ValiantValiant
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×3
    95. ValiantValiant
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. ValiantValiant
    100. Wind ×4
    101. Wind
    102. ValiantValiant
    103. Wind ×5
    104. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:34
    105. Wind ×2
    106. ValiantValiant
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Converter
    109. Wind
    110. ValiantValiant
    111. Wind
    112. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:45
    113. ValiantValiant
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. ValiantValiant
    117. Wind ×7
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. Wind ×2
    120. ValiantValiant
    121. ThistleThistle
    122. Wind ×5
    123. ValiantValiant
    124. Wind
    125. GuardGuard
    126. Wind
    127. ValiantValiant
    128. Wind ×3
    129. ValiantValiant
    130. Wind ×4
    131. Converter
    132. GuardGuard
    133. ValiantValiant
    134. Wind
    135. GruntGrunt ×3
    136. ValiantValiant
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. GruntGrunt ×2
    142. Converter
    143. ValiantValiant
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. GuardGuard
    148. Wind ×3
    149. GruntGrunt ×3
    150. ValiantValiant
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Wind
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind
    155. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Wind
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. Wind
    162. ValiantValiant
    163. Wind
    164. GruntGrunt ×2
    165. Wind ×2
    166. GruntGrunt ×2
    167. Wind
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. ValiantValiant
    170. GruntGrunt ×3
    171. Wind ×3
    172. GruntGrunt ×2
    173. Wind
    174. ValiantValiant
    175. Wind
    176. GruntGrunt ×4
    177. ValiantValiant
    178. Wind
    179. GruntGrunt
    180. Wind ×2
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:01
    183. GruntGrunt ×2
    184. ValiantValiant
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Wind ×2
    187. GruntGrunt ×2
    188. Wind ×2
    189. GruntGrunt
    190. Wind
    191. ValiantValiant
    192. GruntGrunt
    193. Wind
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Wind
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Converter
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. ValiantValiant
    200. GruntGrunt ×3
    201. Wind
    202. GruntGrunt
    203. ValiantValiant
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. Converter
    206. Wind
    207. GruntGrunt
    208. Wind
    209. Pit BullPit Bull
    210. GruntGrunt ×2
    211. ValiantValiant
    212. Wind
    213. GruntGrunt
    214. Wind
    215. GruntGrunt
    216. Construction BotCon bot
    217. GruntGrunt ×2
    218. ValiantValiant
    219. GruntGrunt
    220. Wind
    221. GruntGrunt ×2
    222. Wind ×2
    223. GruntGrunt
    224. Wind ×2
    225. ValiantValiant
    226. GruntGrunt ×4
    227. ValiantValiant
    228. GruntGrunt ×2
    229. Wind
    230. GruntGrunt
    231. Wind
    232. GruntGrunt
    233. ValiantValiant
    234. Wind
    235. Con turret
    236. GruntGrunt
    237. Wind
    238. GruntGrunt
    239. Wind
    240. GruntGrunt ×2
    241. ValiantValiant
    242. Con turret
    243. GruntGrunt
    244. Wind
    245. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    246. GruntGrunt
    247. Wind
    248. GruntGrunt ×2
    249. ValiantValiant
    250. GruntGrunt
    251. ThistleThistle
    252. GruntGrunt ×2
    253. Wind ×2
    254. GruntGrunt
    255. ValiantValiant
    256. GruntGrunt
    257. Wind ×2
    258. GruntGrunt ×3
    259. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    260. ValiantValiant
    261. GruntGrunt ×3
    262. Converter
    263. GruntGrunt
    264. ValiantValiant
    265. GruntGrunt
    266. Wind ×2
    267. GruntGrunt ×2
    268. Wind
    269. GruntGrunt
    270. ValiantValiant
    271. GruntGrunt ×4
    272. ValiantValiant
    273. Wind
    274. GruntGrunt
    275. Wind
    276. GruntGrunt
    277. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    278. GruntGrunt
    279. Wind
    280. GruntGrunt
    281. ValiantValiant
    282. Wind
    283. GruntGrunt ×2
    284. Wind
    285. Converter
    286. GruntGrunt
    287. Wind
    288. GruntGrunt
    289. ValiantValiant
    290. GruntGrunt ×3
    291. Pit BullPit Bull
    292. GruntGrunt
    293. ValiantValiant
    294. GruntGrunt
    295. Wind
    296. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zippo9's (38 OS, 09/08/2026); 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

Zippo9

38.2 OS · 09/08/2026

Open source match ↗

157 received units · includes a constructor
1428 metal received · 60579 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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