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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 · 32 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Mex
    25. ThugThug
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Mex
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 138 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. JellyfishJellyfish
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug ×2
    44. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:19 · typical 9:46
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug
    52. Con turret
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. ThugThug
    61. Wind ×2
    62. ThugThug
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. ThugThug
    65. Wind ×2
    66. GraverobberGraverobber
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug ×2
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:44
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. SumoSumodone 13:09
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Con turret
    98. SumoSumo
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Energy storage
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. SumoSumo
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt ×2
    109. SumoSumo
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind ×2
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. SumoSumo
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. SumoSumo
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind ×2
    121. SumoSumo
    122. TrasherTrasher
    123. Wind
    124. SumoSumo
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind ×2
    127. SumoSumo
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Wind
    130. TrasherTrasher
    131. Wind
    132. SumoSumo
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Wind ×2
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. SumoSumo
    137. TrasherTrasher
    138. 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 ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
2312 metal received · 23119 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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