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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 · 421 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 437 · 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 421 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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Con turret
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. GuardGuard
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind ×3
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Converter
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. Converter
    33. ThugThug
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. WardenWarden
    39. Wind ×2
  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 · 193 steps
    1. Converter
    2. WardenWarden
    3. Energy storage
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind ×4
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. WardenWarden
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ThugThug
    16. WardenWarden
    17. ThugThug
    18. Con turret
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter
    33. CastroCastro
    34. Converter ×4
    35. Mex
    36. Con turret
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. WardenWarden
    39. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:57
    40. RascalRascal ×18
    41. Wind
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:20 · typical 9:41
    44. RascalRascal
    45. Wind
    46. RascalRascal ×3
    47. CastroCastro
    48. RascalRascal
    49. Wind
    50. RascalRascal ×3
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal ×2
    53. Wind
    54. RascalRascal ×2
    55. Con turret
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. RascalRascal
    58. Wind
    59. RascalRascal ×4
    60. Wind
    61. RascalRascal ×2
    62. Con turret
    63. RascalRascal ×2
    64. Wind
    65. RascalRascal ×3
    66. Wind
    67. RascalRascal ×3
    68. Wind
    69. RascalRascal ×2
    70. Wind
    71. RascalRascal
    72. Wind
    73. RascalRascal
    74. Wind
    75. RascalRascal
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Wind ×2
    79. RascalRascal ×3
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. RascalRascal ×2
    82. Wind
    83. RascalRascal ×2
    84. Wind
    85. RascalRascal
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. RascalRascal
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. RascalRascal
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. RascalRascal
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. RascalRascal
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. RascalRascal
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. RascalRascal
    103. Wind
    104. RascalRascal
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. RascalRascal
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. RascalRascal
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. RascalRascal ×2
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. RascalRascal
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. GuardGuard
    122. Wind
    123. RascalRascal
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. RascalRascal
    127. Wind ×2
    128. RascalRascal
    129. Wind
    130. RascalRascal
    131. Wind ×2
    132. RascalRascal
    133. Construction BotCon bot
    134. RascalRascal
    135. Wind
    136. RascalRascal
    137. GraverobberGraverobber
    138. RascalRascal
    139. Wind ×2
    140. RascalRascal
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. RascalRascal
    143. Wind
    144. RascalRascal
    145. Wind
    146. GraverobberGraverobber
    147. RascalRascal
    148. Wind
    149. RascalRascal
    150. Wind
    151. Construction BotCon bot
    152. RascalRascal ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Converter
    155. RascalRascal
    156. GraverobberGraverobber
    157. RascalRascal
    158. Construction BotCon bot
    159. RascalRascal
    160. Wind
    161. RascalRascal
    162. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    163. GraverobberGraverobber
    164. RascalRascal
    165. Construction BotCon bot
    166. Wind
    167. RascalRascal
    168. GraverobberGraverobber
    169. RascalRascal
    170. Wind
    171. Construction BotCon bot
    172. RascalRascal
    173. GraverobberGraverobber
    174. RascalRascal
    175. Wind
    176. Construction BotCon bot
    177. RascalRascal
    178. Converter
    179. GraverobberGraverobber
    180. Construction BotCon bot
    181. Pit BullPit Bull
    182. Wind
    183. RascalRascal ×2
    184. Wind
    185. RascalRascal
    186. Wind
    187. RascalRascal
    188. Wind ×2
    189. RascalRascal
    190. Wind ×3
    191. RascalRascal
    192. Wind ×2
    193. RascalRascal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arebee's (35 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

437 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0028300
2:0096900
3:002065195133
4:003157683636
5:00430616421423
6:00553325472414
7:00673635533532
8:00792145024504
9:00917052045488
10:001042458806305
11:001199863567131
12:001356168318008
13:001521774748816
14:001701882639556
15:0018387881010349
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

arebee

35.1 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
139 metal received · 32104 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=433
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:47–10:58 · n=283

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