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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 ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Wind
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Wind
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. GuardGuard ×2
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. BeholderBeholder
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. WardenWarden
    37. Wind
    38. GuardGuard
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 69 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. CastroCastro
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:45
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Con turret
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 10:00
    40. Converter
    41. AgitatorAgitator
    42. Mex
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. CastroCastro
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:05
    53. Wind
    54. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    55. Wind ×2
    56. ValiantValiant
    57. Wind
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    59. ValiantValiant
    60. Wind
    61. ValiantValiant ×2
    62. Wind
    63. ValiantValiant
    64. Wind
    65. ValiantValiant
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. ValiantValiant ×4
    69. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EthanTheEpic's (31 OS, 18/08/2026); 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

EthanTheEpic

30.8 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
180 metal received · 48349 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

Played most by

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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