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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 · 19 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×5
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. TrasherTrasher
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. GuardGuard
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    17. ThugThug
    18. GruntGrunt ×5
    19. ThugThug
  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 · 141 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. ThugThug
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. GruntGrunt ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. GruntGrunt ×4
    12. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    13. JanusJanus
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×3
    32. Wind
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Mex
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. Energy storage
    39. ThugThug
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:26 · typical 9:59
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Mex
    47. Wind
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Mex
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. AgitatorAgitator
    55. GuardGuard
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    64. GuardGuard
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. GruntGrunt ×2
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. GuardGuard
    89. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    90. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. GuardGuard
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. GuardGuard
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    98. GuardGuard
    99. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    100. Con turret
    101. GuardGuard
    102. Wind
    103. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. GuardGuard
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. Con turret
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    124. Pit BullPit Bull
    125. Wind
    126. GraverobberGraverobber
    127. Wind
    128. GraverobberGraverobber
    129. Wind
    130. GraverobberGraverobber
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt ×2
    135. GuardGuard
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Pit BullPit Bull
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 13/10/2026); 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_

65.5 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
225 metal received · 38072 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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