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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 · 1209 distinct matches · 198 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1290 · 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 1209 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug16 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (38%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 39 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt ×4
    5. ThugThug ×4
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Mex
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. 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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 115 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThistleThistle ×2
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt ×4
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Mex
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. GuardGuard
    44. ThistleThistle
    45. GruntGrunt ×2
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt ×3
    48. GuardGuard
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×4
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt ×3
    53. Con turret
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. ThistleThistle
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt ×3
    60. GuardGuard
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×3
    64. GuardGuard
    65. GruntGrunt ×3
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×4
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:43 · typical 10:03
    71. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt ×3
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Con turret
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Con turret
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Mex
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    111. Wind
    112. Con turret
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. GraverobberGraverobber
    115. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xsicer's (30 OS, 09/08/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:52 · in 54% 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

1290 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0094400
3:002037225173
4:003131746635
5:00428615901402
6:00547125992331
7:00665338153327
8:00784346894355
9:00899154155289
10:001024061086156
11:001160066796955
12:001316472047736
13:001465378468447
14:001614784199001
15:001768390979591
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

Xsicer

30.4 OS · 09/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
105 metal received · 4558 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:04–11:18 · n=794

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