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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 · 1096 distinct matches · 189 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1168 · 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 1096 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 ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · typical 0:37
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • 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%) · con turret (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Wind
    29. GuardGuard
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GuardGuard
    32. 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
    • Thug12 Thug
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (41%) · 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 · 80 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    10. Con turret
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. GuardGuard
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Mex
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Energy storage
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Con turret
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. GruntGrunt ×2
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    48. Con turret
    49. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:01
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. Mex ×2
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    58. Converter ×2
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. GuardGuard
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×13
    74. Converter ×2
    75. Wind ×8
    76. Converter ×2
    77. Wind ×6
    78. Converter ×2
    79. Wind ×7
    80. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ling_long's (40 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:48 · 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

1168 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003128735632
5:00428215541392
6:00547725252338
7:00664936513321
8:00782845834359
9:00895053165258
10:001021460306149
11:001156865676916
12:001313870687728
13:001473177538412
14:001625883708963
15:001771089789588
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

Ling_long

39.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
532 metal received · 7967 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=1163
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:01–11:16 · n=724

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