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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    21. ThugThug ×3
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. ThugThug
    24. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 97 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×9
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Advanced solar
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:00
    15. Advanced solar
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Advanced solar
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt ×3
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×3
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt ×4
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt ×3
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt ×3
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×4
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×3
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×4
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×3
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt ×4
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×3
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×4
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:17
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. GruntGrunt ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×5
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×7
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×5
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (33 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 7:46 · 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

realisticjo

33.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 21824 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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