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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 0:43 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Mex
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×5
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Con turret
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. WardenWarden
    29. Wind
  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 · 101 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:03
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Wind
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    8. Wind
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Metal storage
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind ×3
    22. PerditionPerditiondone 9:34
    23. Wind ×5
    24. ChimeraChimera
    25. Wind ×2
    26. PlutoPluto
    27. Wind ×27
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:29
    29. Wind ×2
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind ×2
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Wind ×2
    39. GruntGrunt ×4
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×2
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt ×2
    55. Wind
    56. AegisAegisnot finished by 15:00
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. GruntGrunt ×2
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. GraverobberGraverobber
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Con turret
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. GraverobberGraverobber
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Con turret
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. GraverobberGraverobber
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind ×2
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Wind
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Derpiederp's (49 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

48.6 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 24831 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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