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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
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:40 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. GuardGuard
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. GuardGuard
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. Wind
    38. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt ×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 · 144 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×3
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    10. Wind
    11. GuardGuard
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. Converter
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. Con turret
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 9:42
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind ×2
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Energy storage
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Mex
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×2
    40. ThistleThistle
    41. Wind
    42. ThistleThistle
    43. Wind
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. Wind ×2
    46. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    47. Mex
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Mex
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind ×2
    55. AggravatorAggravator
    56. Wind
    57. RocketeerRocketeer
    58. AggravatorAggravator
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. GuardGuard
    64. Wind ×3
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. CenturionCenturion
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Wind ×2
    70. WhistlerMissile truck
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind ×2
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. GuardGuard
    75. WhistlerMissile truck
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. PawnPawn
    80. Wind
    81. AggravatorAggravator
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. AggravatorAggravator
    85. CenturionCenturion
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. AggravatorAggravator
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. PawnPawn
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. ButlerButler
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. RocketeerRocketeer
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Converter
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Wind
    111. AggravatorAggravator
    112. Converter
    113. AggravatorAggravator
    114. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    115. WhistlerMissile truck
    116. Mex
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt ×2
    123. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    124. Con turret
    125. Mex
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. AggravatorAggravator
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:32
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. AggravatorAggravator
    134. GruntGrunt ×2
    135. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. IncisorIncisor
    140. GruntGrunt ×2
    141. IncisorIncisor
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. IncisorIncisor
    144. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jazmastah's (40 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
2:0096900
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

jazmastah

40.1 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
217 metal received · 44349 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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