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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThistleThistle
    20. ThugThug ×5
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. 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 · 66 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:42
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. Wind
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:44
    46. Wind ×5
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. Wind
    49. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    50. Construction BotCon botfor Tech
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Con turret
    55. BeholderBeholder ×2
    56. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    66. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (49 OS, 03/09/2026); 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
2:0097000
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

Derpiederp

49.0 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 6877 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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