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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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug ×9
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Con turret
  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 · 72 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    8. Wind
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt ×3
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:42
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Pit BullPit Bull
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Mex
    34. Wind
    35. GuardGuard
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. GuardGuard ×2
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:12
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Con turret
    41. ThugThug ×4
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. GruntGrunt ×5
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt ×3
    57. Con turret
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×4
    63. Pit BullPit Bull
    64. GruntGrunt ×3
    65. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×3
    68. ThugThug
    69. Wind
    70. ThugThug ×3
    71. Wind
    72. ThugThug ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KolachePlayz's (42 OS, 02/08/2026); 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

KolachePlayz

42.1 OS · 02/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
123 metal received · 13762 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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