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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 · 463 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 479 · 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 463 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 0:19 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×7
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 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 · 61 steps
    1. ThugThug ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. ThugThug ×10
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug ×8
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×2
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt ×5
    41. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    42. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:19
    43. GruntGrunt ×5
    44. Energy storage
    45. GruntGrunt ×9
    46. Advanced solar
    47. GruntGrunt ×22
    48. Advanced solar
    49. GruntGrunt ×5
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:22 · typical 9:48
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Advanced solar
    53. GruntGrunt ×25
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. GruntGrunt ×14
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. GruntGrunt ×8
    58. CastroCastro
    59. GruntGrunt ×3
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (37 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

479 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030600
2:0096100
3:002070198136
4:003166713636
5:00432716651433
6:00554925922423
7:00674036083530
8:00793645654498
9:00922052315472
10:001045359866283
11:001201365467131
12:001356170087959
13:001521776788729
14:001699484199402
15:0018452903810162
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

Buckyo

37.3 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
127 metal received · 29313 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=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:48Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=310

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