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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]swiftplant's (45 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

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

[Cookie]swiftplant

44.5 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
724 metal received · 75525 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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