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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 · 80 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 0:51 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. TrasherTrasher
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug
    23. GruntGrunt ×2
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. ThugThug
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. ThugThug
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Solar
    31. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    32. GruntGrunt ×6
    33. Solar
    34. ThugThug
  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 · 137 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. CenturionCenturion
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt ×7
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. GruntGrunt ×3
    14. GuardGuard
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Mex
    28. GruntGrunt ×3
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Con turret
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. IncisorIncisor
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47
    38. Mex
    39. Energy storage
    40. IncisorIncisor
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Mex
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. Mex
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Mex
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. Mex
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Wind ×2
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind ×2
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. Mex
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Energy storage
    85. UrchinUrchin
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    91. TrasherTrasher
    92. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    93. Wind
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. TrasherTrasher
    96. Wind
    97. Mex
    98. Wind
    99. TrasherTrasher
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Advanced solar
    102. Con turret
    103. TrasherTrasher
    104. Wind ×2
    105. TrasherTrasher
    106. GuardGuard
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Mex
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Tidal
    111. Con turret
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Con turret
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    121. Con turret
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    125. Advanced solar
    126. GuardGuard
    127. Con turret
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Con turret
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. GuardGuard
    132. GruntGrunt ×2
    133. Advanced solar
    134. GraverobberGraverobber
    135. Advanced solar
    136. GruntGrunt ×3
    137. Advanced solar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (61 OS, 30/09/2026); 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
2:0096900
3:002066195133
4:003157684638
5:00430616451425
6:00553425542419
7:00673835643533
8:00792245054525
9:00917552115491
10:001043959036310
11:001200663667136
12:001357268428025
13:001523475068814
14:001702082639542
15:0018420883110330
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

_Hawkey_

61.3 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
62 metal received · 35589 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

Played most by

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