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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:42 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GuardGuard
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×4
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    33. 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 · 230 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Energy storage
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Wind
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. Metal storage
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind ×2
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. Mex
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. ThugThug
    33. CenturionCenturion
    34. ThugThug
    35. RocketeerRocketeer
    36. Wind ×2
    37. GuardGuard
    38. ThugThug
    39. Con turret
    40. GuardGuard
    41. RocketeerRocketeer
    42. IncisorIncisor
    43. Wind
    44. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    45. Wind
    46. GuardGuard
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. LazarusLazarus
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Wind ×2
    53. ThugThug
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. CenturionCenturion
    56. Wind
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:43 · typical 9:42
    59. ThugThug
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. Wind
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. RocketeerRocketeer
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. ThugThug
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. Wind
    70. ThugThug
    71. GuardGuard
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. IncisorIncisor
    76. RocketeerRocketeer
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. IncisorIncisor
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. ThugThug
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. ThugThug
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind ×2
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. GraverobberGraverobber
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Wind ×2
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. GraverobberGraverobber
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt ×2
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. Con turret
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. GraverobberGraverobber
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt ×2
    123. Con turret
    124. GruntGrunt ×2
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. GraverobberGraverobber
    128. Wind
    129. Con turret
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind ×2
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt ×3
    142. Wind ×2
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Wind
    145. GraverobberGraverobber
    146. Wind ×4
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Converter
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:38
    163. Wind
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Converter
    167. Con turret
    168. Wind
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Wind
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. GraverobberGraverobber
    179. Wind
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind ×3
    182. Converter
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Wind ×2
    187. GruntGrunt
    188. Converter
    189. Wind
    190. GruntGrunt
    191. Wind ×3
    192. GruntGrunt
    193. Wind ×2
    194. Converter
    195. GruntGrunt
    196. Wind ×5
    197. GruntGrunt
    198. Wind
    199. Converter
    200. Wind
    201. GruntGrunt
    202. Wind ×3
    203. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:14
    204. Wind
    205. GraverobberGraverobber
    206. Wind
    207. Converter
    208. Wind
    209. GruntGrunt
    210. Wind ×2
    211. GruntGrunt
    212. Wind ×2
    213. Converter
    214. GruntGrunt
    215. Wind
    216. ConsulConsul
    217. GruntGrunt
    218. Wind
    219. ConsulConsul
    220. Wind
    221. GruntGrunt
    222. ConsulConsul
    223. Converter
    224. Wind
    225. GruntGrunt
    226. ConsulConsul
    227. Wind
    228. GruntGrunt
    229. Wind
    230. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (49 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

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

Derpiederp

48.9 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
750 metal received · 11314 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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