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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PixelPeeker's (42 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
2:0096900
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

PixelPeeker

42.2 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
312 metal received · 6276 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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