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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:55 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Con turret
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×7
    18. GruntGrunt ×9
    19. Energy storage
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Wind
    28. 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 · 179 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Wind
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt ×3
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt ×2
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×2
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind ×2
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt ×6
    56. Metal storage
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind ×2
    87. GruntGrunt ×2
    88. Wind ×2
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×7
    92. Con turret
    93. GruntGrunt ×6
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:15
    95. GruntGrunt ×3
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. GruntGrunt ×5
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. GruntGrunt ×11
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. GruntGrunt ×3
    107. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    108. Con turret
    109. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    110. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    113. Wind
    114. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    115. Wind
    116. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:38
    117. Wind
    118. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    119. Wind
    120. CastroCastro
    121. Wind ×4
    122. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter ×2
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Wind ×3
    130. Converter ×3
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. Converter
    137. Con turret
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×3
    140. Converter
    141. Wind
    142. Con turret
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Converter
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Converter
    149. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:01
    150. Wind ×3
    151. Converter
    152. Con turret
    153. Converter
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Converter ×3
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. ManticoreManticoredone 14:09
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. MammothMammothdone 14:42
    165. Converter
    166. Wind ×3
    167. Converter
    168. Wind
    169. ScorpionScorpion
    170. Wind ×4
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×2
    173. MammothMammoth
    174. Wind ×4
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Converter
    178. Con turret
    179. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SHORTBUS_VIP's (43 OS, 16/08/2026); 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

SHORTBUS_VIP

43.2 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
8 metal received · 77087 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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