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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt ×7
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex ×2
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×3
    30. Mex
  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 · 146 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. ThugThug
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 9:42
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. ThugThug
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. GuardGuard
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. ThugThug
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. ThugThug
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×6
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Wind
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 10:57
    48. Con turret ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret ×2
    55. Advanced solar
    56. Con turret
    57. VeilVeil
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Advanced solar
    63. Con turret
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:13
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced solar
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced solar
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind ×4
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. GraverobberGraverobber
    99. Wind ×4
    100. Converter
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. GraverobberGraverobber
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:40
    108. Wind ×2
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×3
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind ×6
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. Wind ×4
    116. Converter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Converter
    119. Wind ×5
    120. Converter
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×3
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter ×2
    129. Wind ×14
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×3
    132. Converter
    133. RazorbackRazorbacknot finished by 15:00
    134. Wind
    135. Converter
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PrepareUrAfus's (45 OS, 10/09/2026); 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

PrepareUrAfus

45.0 OS · 10/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
115 metal received · 34274 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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