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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 · 438 distinct matches · 81 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 454 · 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 438 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. Solar
    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 (49%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt ×4
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGruntfor Pond
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. GuardGuard ×2
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. GuardGuard
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. GuardGuard
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. Wind
  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
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (49%) · energy storage (48%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 135 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. ThugThug
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×3
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×3
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Mex
    35. GruntGrunt ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39 · typical 9:43
    39. Con turret
    40. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×3
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    52. GruntGrunt ×3
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. ThistleThistle
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. ThistleThistle
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. ThistleThistle
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. ThistleThistle
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Mex
    87. GruntGrunt ×3
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt ×4
    90. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    91. GruntGrunt ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Pit BullPit Bull
    102. GruntGrunt ×3
    103. Energy storage
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Con turret
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret ×2
    111. Wind ×2
    112. GruntGrunt ×3
    113. Converter ×2
    114. GruntGrunt ×3
    115. Converter
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. GruntGrunt ×8
    120. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:37
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt ×4
    124. Solar
    125. GruntGrunt ×3
    126. Solar
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Solar
    132. FinchFinch
    133. Converter
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (38 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 56% 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

454 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0029400
2:0096600
3:002069195133
4:003157695636
5:00430316651428
6:00554025722408
7:00673335823531
8:00792245134501
9:00916852115488
10:001040959036293
11:001194664207134
12:001354168557974
13:001511875068753
14:001695582639442
15:0018266887210231
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

s0uthy

37.7 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 13551 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=450
Advanced Metal Extractor9:43Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=292

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