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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:21 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · typical 0:36
  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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×6
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×14
    11. Mex
  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 · 108 steps
    1. TrasherTrasher
    2. ThugThug ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. TrasherTrasher
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. ThugThug
    12. Solar
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Energy storage
    15. ThugThug
    16. Solar
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Mex
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. Energy storage
    21. GruntGrunt ×3
    22. Energy storage
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Solar
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. GuardGuard
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Energy storage
    30. GruntGrunt ×5
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. GuardGuard
    34. Wind ×2
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind ×2
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. Con turret
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind ×2
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. CastroCastro
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind ×2
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind ×2
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:20 · typical 10:00
    61. Wind ×4
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind ×2
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Con turret
    66. GuardGuard
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. GuardGuard
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×3
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Mex
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×4
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×3
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Energy storage
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt ×4
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (31 OS, 05/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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

annie_may_tydease

30.7 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
163 metal received · 38176 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on