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Standard suicide front

Cortex Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline economy-first play: fast Bot Lab, early Advanced Metal Extractor, and a Thug/Grunt/Aggravator mix pushed to hold the middle while teching up.

#raid #push · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:39

  1. Open 3 mex, then rush Bot Lab almost immediately.
  2. Finish Bot Lab and start pushing Thug, Grunt, Aggravator.
  3. Send units straight to middle to contest and stop leaks.
  4. Eat the Bot Lab for metal if 32% of games reach that point.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once middle is stable.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1045 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 Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:37, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:21 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:37
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug16 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×5
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex ×2
    19. Wind
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×5
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. ThugThug ×5
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug11 Thug
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (42%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (37%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 87 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Mex ×2
    5. Advanced solar
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GuardGuard
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Exploiter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:26
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind ×2
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. GuardGuard
    36. Wind
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. ThistleThistle
    39. Wind ×2
    40. ThistleThistle
    41. CastroCastro
    42. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    45. Wind ×3
    46. CastroCastro
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:49
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. JellyfishJellyfish
    51. RascalRascal
    52. Wind ×2
    53. RascalRascal ×2
    54. Wind
    55. RascalRascal ×5
    56. Wind ×2
    57. RascalRascal ×2
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Energy storage
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×2
    63. RascalRascal
    64. Wind
    65. RascalRascal ×3
    66. Wind
    67. RascalRascal
    68. Wind
    69. RascalRascal
    70. Wind
    71. RascalRascal ×3
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    77. Wind
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:27
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:23 · typical 9:59
    81. Wind
    82. IncisorIncisor
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. RascalRascal ×2
    87. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hox2's (30 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 7:45 · in 55% 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This baseline wins more often than most other roles' standard builds, with early aggression showing in high kills and losses alike.

  • + Team wins 54% of games, best winrate among the roles shown.
  • + First kill lands very early at 2:07 in all games.
  • − Own metal lost is heavy early, 1439 by 5:00.
  • − Enemy destroyed stays close to own losses through 15:00, a costly front.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

hox2

30.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
154 metal received · 17567 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:37Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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