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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 · 24 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. ThugThug
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×5
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×5
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug
  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. ThugThug ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:50
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThistleThistle
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThistleThistle
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. ThugThug
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    37. Wind
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ThugThug
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:08 · typical 9:46
    44. Wind
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. SentrySentry
    53. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:25
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Pit BullPit Bull
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind ×5
    58. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:32
    59. Wind
    60. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    61. Wind
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:49
    64. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    65. Wind
    66. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    69. RascalRascal
    70. Wind
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. RascalRascal
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Converter
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    80. RascalRascal
    81. Wind
    82. RascalRascal
    83. Wind
    84. RascalRascal
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Converter
    87. RascalRascal
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. RascalRascal
    95. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. RascalRascal
    100. Con turret
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind

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

35.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
905 metal received · 49018 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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