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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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. Wind
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GruntGrunt ×5
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    11. Mex ×2
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. GuardGuard
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GuardGuard
    32. AggravatorAggravator
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. GuardGuard
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Wind
    38. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    39. Wind
    40. GuardGuard
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 187 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. GuardGuard
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Con turret
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    12. BeamerBeamer
    13. Con turret
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:21
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. ThugThug
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Energy storage
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:42 · typical 9:42
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. CenturionCenturion
    27. Con turret ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Mex
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Solar ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Solar
    37. Wind
    38. Solar
    39. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:27
    40. Wind ×4
    41. PounderPounder
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Energy storage
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. PounderPounder
    46. Wind ×3
    47. PounderPounder
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. PounderPounder
    51. Wind ×8
    52. PounderPounder
    53. Wind ×4
    54. PounderPounder
    55. Wind
    56. Energy storage ×2
    57. PounderPounder
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 11:36
    65. Con turret
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Energy storage
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GoonGoon
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. GoonGoon
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Con turret
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:20
    79. Con turret
    80. GoonGoon
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind ×2
    84. GoonGoon
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Mex
    87. GoonGoon
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×2
    91. GoonGoon
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. GoonGoon
    96. Wind ×3
    97. GoonGoon
    98. Wind ×2
    99. GoonGoon
    100. Wind ×5
    101. GoonGoon
    102. Wind ×2
    103. GoonGoon
    104. Wind ×2
    105. GoonGoon
    106. Wind ×2
    107. GoonGoon
    108. Wind
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind
    111. GoonGoon
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. GoonGoon
    115. Wind ×3
    116. GoonGoon
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. Fusion ReactorFusion
    120. Wind
    121. GoonGoon
    122. Wind
    123. GoonGoon
    124. Wind
    125. GoonGoon
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. GoonGoon
    130. Wind
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. Wind
    133. GoonGoon
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. Wind
    136. GoonGoon
    137. Wind
    138. GoonGoon
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. Wind
    141. GoonGoon
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. GoonGoon
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Wind
    146. GoonGoon
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. Wind
    149. GoonGoon ×2
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. Wind
    152. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:09
    153. GoonGoon
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. Wind
    156. GoonGoon
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    158. Wind
    159. GoonGoon
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. Wind
    162. Mex
    163. Wind
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. Construction BotCon bot
    167. Con turret
    168. Wind ×2
    169. EradicatorEradicator
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind ×2
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. Converter ×3
    175. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    176. Converter ×2
    177. CastroCastro
    178. Converter
    179. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    180. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:55
    181. Converter
    182. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    183. Converter
    184. Con turret
    185. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    186. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    187. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (44 OS, 01/10/2026); 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 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

UsurpeR

43.9 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
257 metal received · 57240 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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