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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 · 438 distinct matches · 81 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 454 · 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 438 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:31 · 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 (49%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 40 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. ThugThug
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Wind
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    31. Wind
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    35. Mex
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Con turret
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. ThugThug
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (49%) · energy storage (48%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 56 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. ThugThug
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    4. ThugThug
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Energy storage
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. ThugThug
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ThugThug ×8
    27. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    28. ThugThug ×6
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. ThugThug ×9
    31. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    32. GruntGrunt ×3
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:47 · typical 9:43
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. GuardGuard ×2
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. GuardGuard
    38. GruntGrunt ×5
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. GruntGrunt ×3
    41. GuardGuard
    42. GruntGrunt ×3
    43. Mex
    44. GruntGrunt ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. GuardGuard
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    50. Mex
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. GruntGrunt ×3
    53. Con turret
    54. GruntGrunt ×6
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (47 OS, 02/10/2026); 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:37 · in 56% 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

454 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0029400
2:0096600
3:002069195133
4:003157695636
5:00430316651428
6:00554025722408
7:00673335823531
8:00792245134501
9:00916852115488
10:001040959036293
11:001194664207134
12:001354168557974
13:001511875068753
14:001695582639442
15:0018266887210231
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

xabre

47.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
435 metal received · 91677 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=450
Advanced Metal Extractor9:43Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=292

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