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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. TrasherTrasher
    13. GruntGrunt ×2
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Solar
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. ThugThug ×2
  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 · 166 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Wind
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug
    7. Solar
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug ×4
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. GuardGuard
    24. ThugThug
    25. Solar
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×3
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug ×2
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Con turret
    43. Mex
    44. ThugThug
    45. Con turret
    46. ThugThug
    47. Energy storage
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Advanced solar
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:23 · typical 9:59
    54. GruntGrunt ×4
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. GruntGrunt ×6
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. ThugThug
    60. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    61. ThugThug
    62. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    63. ThugThug
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. ThugThug
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. GraverobberGraverobber
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. Con turret
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. ThugThug
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. ThugThug
    79. Con turret
    80. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    81. ThugThug
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. GuardGuard
    84. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    85. ThugThug
    86. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    87. GuardGuard
    88. GraverobberGraverobber
    89. ThugThug
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    92. ThugThug
    93. GraverobberGraverobber
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. GraverobberGraverobber
    96. PawnPawn
    97. GraverobberGraverobber
    98. ThugThug
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. ThugThug
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. HoundHound
    103. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    104. ThugThug ×2
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. ThugThug ×4
    107. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    108. Advanced solar
    109. SharpshooterSniper botdone 13:06
    110. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    111. GraverobberGraverobber
    112. Mex
    113. ThugThug
    114. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Advanced solar
    117. GuardGuard
    118. SharpshooterSniper bot
    119. GraverobberGraverobber
    120. Solar
    121. ThugThug ×2
    122. Solar
    123. ThugThug
    124. BlitzBlitz
    125. ThugThug ×2
    126. LazarusLazarus
    127. Solar
    128. ThugThug
    129. StoutStout
    130. GraverobberGraverobber
    131. CenturionCenturion
    132. Advanced solar
    133. GraverobberGraverobber
    134. Solar
    135. GraverobberGraverobber
    136. CenturionCenturion
    137. GuardGuard
    138. Solar
    139. ThugThug
    140. TickTick
    141. ThugThug
    142. Advanced solar
    143. ThugThug
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. ThugThug
    146. WelderWelder
    147. ThugThug
    148. TickTick
    149. GraverobberGraverobber
    150. CenturionCenturion
    151. StoutStout
    152. GraverobberGraverobber
    153. Wind
    154. GraverobberGraverobber
    155. Wind ×2
    156. GuardGuard
    157. Advanced solar
    158. Wind
    159. ThugThug
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. RocketeerRocketeer
    163. WelderWelder
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

_Hawkey_

65.0 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

31 received units · includes a constructor
1144 metal received · 67538 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

Played most by

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