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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. GuardGuard
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. GuardGuard
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. ThugThug
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    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 · 213 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug ×6
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. MaceMace
    9. Mex
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. MaceMace
    12. RocketeerRocketeer
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. MaceMace
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×3
    32. Solar
    33. ThugThug
    34. Mex
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug ×2
    37. Solar
    38. ThugThug
    39. GuardGuard
    40. RocketeerRocketeer
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. MaceMace
    45. ThugThug
    46. ThistleThistle
    47. Con turret
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. MaceMace
    51. Wind
    52. MaceMace
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:35
    54. ThugThug
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Mex
    58. RocketeerRocketeer
    59. Wind
    60. MaceMace
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. Wind
    63. ThugThug
    64. Mex
    65. RocketeerRocketeer
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. ThugThug
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. Mex
    71. ThugThug
    72. RocketeerRocketeer
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Con turret
    83. Converter
    84. Metal storage
    85. Wind ×4
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Energy storage
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×7
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt ×2
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind
    131. ChimeraChimera
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind ×7
    134. ChimeraChimera
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. Wind
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. Converter
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    143. Wind ×2
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Converter
    146. GruntGrunt ×2
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. ChimeraChimera
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind
    155. GruntGrunt ×3
    156. Converter
    157. Wind
    158. GruntGrunt ×2
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. Construction BotCon bot
    162. Wind
    163. GruntGrunt ×2
    164. Wind
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. Converter
    167. GruntGrunt ×2
    168. Wind
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Con turret
    171. Wind
    172. GruntGrunt
    173. Con turret
    174. Wind
    175. ChimeraChimera
    176. Converter
    177. Con turret
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. Wind
    180. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:03
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Wind
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt ×4
    186. Converter
    187. GruntGrunt ×3
    188. Wind
    189. GruntGrunt ×2
    190. ChimeraChimera
    191. GruntGrunt ×2
    192. Wind
    193. GruntGrunt ×3
    194. Wind
    195. GruntGrunt
    196. Wind
    197. GruntGrunt
    198. Converter
    199. GruntGrunt ×4
    200. Wind
    201. GruntGrunt ×3
    202. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    203. GruntGrunt
    204. Wind
    205. GraverobberGraverobber
    206. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    207. GraverobberGraverobber
    208. Wind ×3
    209. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    210. Wind
    211. GraverobberGraverobber
    212. GruntGrunt
    213. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is tedsterr's (44 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

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

tedsterr

44.0 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
687 metal received · 35979 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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