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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:49 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×5
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. GuardGuard
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    14. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. WardenWarden
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. WardenWarden
    23. Wind ×5
  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 · 130 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Energy storage
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    8. Mex
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Wind
    11. GuardGuard
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. WardenWarden
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:03
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×5
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×4
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. ThistleThistle
    30. GruntGrunt ×3
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Mex
    34. ThistleThistle
    35. Wind
    36. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. GuardGuard ×2
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:42
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. WardenWarden
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Con turret
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. GruntGrunt ×3
    62. Mex
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    68. Mex
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. GruntGrunt ×4
    73. CastroCastro
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Con turret
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. GruntGrunt ×2
    93. Energy storage
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. GuardGuard
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. GuardGuard
    99. GruntGrunt ×2
    100. GuardGuard
    101. GruntGrunt ×2
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. GruntGrunt ×4
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×5
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt ×2
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Con turret
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. GraverobberGraverobber
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SHORTBUS_VIP's (44 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

SHORTBUS_VIP

44.3 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
3465 metal received · 78761 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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