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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 · 456 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 472 · 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 456 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 2 mexdone ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mexfor Pond
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 0:27 · typical 0:35
  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 (48%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. Windfor Pond
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Windfor Pond
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Pond
    7. Mexfor Pond
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Pond
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Mex
    11. Mexfor Pond
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    13. Windfor Pond
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Windfor Pond
    19. GuardGuard
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Mex
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Windfor Pond
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. Windfor Pond
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    27. Con turretfor Pond
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    29. AggravatorAggravatorfor Pond
    30. Energy storagefor Pond
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug7 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: energy storage (48%) · aggravator (47%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 66 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. Con turretfor Pond
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. PawnPawn
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guardfor Pond
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Windfor Pond
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Windfor Pond
    15. Windfor Pond
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. BeamerBeamer
    18. Windfor Pond
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. PawnPawn
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guardfor Pond
    23. Windfor Pond
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Windfor Pond
    27. GruntGruntfor Pond
    28. PawnPawn
    29. Windfor Pond
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. BeamerBeamerfor Pond
    32. GruntGruntfor Pond
    33. Windfor Pond
    34. PawnPawnfor Pond
    35. GruntGruntfor Pond
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guardfor Pond
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Windfor Pond
    39. GruntGruntfor Pond
    40. PawnPawnfor Pond
    41. Windfor Pond
    42. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Pond
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Windfor Pond
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. PawnPawnfor Pond
    47. GruntGrunt ×2for Pond
    48. PawnPawn
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Con turretfor Pond
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Ponddone 9:12 · typical 9:45
    52. GruntGrunt ×2for Pond
    53. PawnPawnfor Pond
    54. GruntGrunt ×3for Pond
    55. Con turretfor Pond
    56. PawnPawnfor Pond
    57. GruntGruntfor Pond
    58. PawnPawnfor Pond
    59. GruntGruntfor Pond
    60. Windfor Pond
    61. GruntGruntfor Pond
    62. PawnPawnfor Pond
    63. Windfor Pond
    64. GruntGrunt ×2for Pond
    65. Windfor Pond
    66. GruntGruntfor Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iyc's (51 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 68% 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

472 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030500
2:0096300
3:002072197133
4:003165712636
5:00432016731430
6:00555025952419
7:00674536233533
8:00795045624501
9:00921552275488
10:001045259696304
11:001201765427138
12:001355670047974
13:001518476578779
14:001697884169428
15:0018420902910163
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

iyc

51.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

44 received units · includes a constructor
87 metal received · 6669 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=468
Advanced Metal Extractor9:45Middle 50%: 8:50–10:57 · n=305

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