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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 · 1073 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1144 · 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 1073 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 · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Solar
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GuardGuard ×2
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. TrasherTrasher
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. SupporterGunboat
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. SupporterGunboat
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. SupporterGunboat
  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 (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 182 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. SupporterGunboat
    4. Wind
    5. SupporterGunboat
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. SupporterGunboat
    9. OrcaSubmarinedone 5:49
    10. Wind
    11. TrasherTrasher
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Mex
    25. Wind
    26. TrasherTrasher
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. OrcaSubmarine
    30. ThugThug ×4
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. OrcaSubmarine
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Mex
    35. TrasherTrasher
    36. ThugThug
    37. OrcaSubmarine
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. Construction ShipCon ship
    40. ThugThug
    41. Mex
    42. ThugThug
    43. Construction ShipCon ship
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. OrcaSubmarine
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 10:00
    48. OrcaSubmarine
    49. CastroCastro
    50. OrcaSubmarine
    51. Mex
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 10:42
    54. TrasherTrasher
    55. OrcaSubmarine
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. ThugThug ×2
    58. OrcaSubmarine
    59. ThugThug
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    61. Wind ×2
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. OrcaSubmarine
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind
    71. SupporterGunboat
    72. Construction ShipCon ship
    73. Wind
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Wind
    77. TrasherTrasher
    78. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    79. ThugThug
    80. Wind
    81. Construction ShipCon ship
    82. Wind
    83. ThugThug
    84. SupporterGunboat
    85. Wind
    86. SupporterGunboat
    87. ThugThug
    88. SupporterGunboat ×2
    89. ThugThug
    90. Wind
    91. SupporterGunboat ×2
    92. ThugThug
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. SupporterGunboat
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. SupporterGunboat
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. SupporterGunboat
    100. Wind
    101. SupporterGunboat ×2
    102. GraverobberGraverobber
    103. Wind
    104. SupporterGunboat
    105. GuardGuard
    106. SupporterGunboat
    107. TrasherTrasher
    108. Wind
    109. SupporterGunboat
    110. ThugThug
    111. SupporterGunboat
    112. GuardGuard
    113. SupporterGunboat
    114. Wind
    115. ThugThug
    116. SupporterGunboat ×2
    117. GuardGuard
    118. ThugThug
    119. Wind
    120. SupporterGunboat ×2
    121. ThugThug
    122. Wind
    123. SupporterGunboat
    124. ThugThug
    125. SupporterGunboat
    126. Wind
    127. SupporterGunboat
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. SupporterGunboat
    130. Wind
    131. SupporterGunboat
    132. GraverobberGraverobber
    133. SupporterGunboat ×2
    134. Wind
    135. TrasherTrasher
    136. SupporterGunboat ×2
    137. ThugThug
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. SupporterGunboat
    140. Wind
    141. ThugThug
    142. SupporterGunboat ×2
    143. ThugThug
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. Wind
    146. SupporterGunboat
    147. ThugThug
    148. SupporterGunboat
    149. Wind
    150. ThugThug
    151. SupporterGunboat ×2
    152. Construction BotCon bot
    153. SupporterGunboat
    154. Wind
    155. SupporterGunboat
    156. GraverobberGraverobber
    157. SupporterGunboat
    158. Wind
    159. OrcaSubmarine
    160. TrasherTrasher
    161. ThugThug
    162. Wind
    163. ThugThug
    164. OrcaSubmarine
    165. Con turret
    166. Wind
    167. ThugThug ×2
    168. OrcaSubmarine
    169. Wind
    170. ThugThug
    171. Construction BotCon bot
    172. Wind
    173. OrcaSubmarine
    174. GraverobberGraverobber
    175. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    176. Wind
    177. TrasherTrasher
    178. Con turret
    179. OrcaSubmarine
    180. ThugThug
    181. Wind
    182. ThugThug

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RG22's (31 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

1144 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094300
3:002036216173
4:003125734633
5:00427915541394
6:00546725172334
7:00664336463321
8:00782845834356
9:00894453325265
10:001020960336149
11:001157265806916
12:001316170967728
13:001475177778397
14:001636083778939
15:001774290019578
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

RG22

30.5 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
271 metal received · 34458 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=1138
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=714

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