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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 · 1016 distinct matches · 176 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1085 · 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 1016 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:30 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. ThugThug
    29. WardenWarden
    30. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    31. ThugThug ×5
  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 · 43 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    3. ThugThug
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:27
    7. ThugThug
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. ThugThug ×8
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:59
    13. Con turret
    14. Advanced solar ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced solar
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:50
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. GuardGuard
    26. ArbiterArbiter ×4done 13:04
    27. Wind
    28. ArbiterArbiter
    29. Wind
    30. DeceiverJammer bot
    31. ArbiterArbiter
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Wind ×3
    35. UrchinUrchin
    36. Wind ×2
    37. AugurRadar bot
    38. DeceiverJammer bot
    39. Mex
    40. Wind
    41. SheldonSheldondone 14:57
    42. Wind
    43. SheldonSheldon

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (34 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

1085 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002033216172
4:003122732632
5:00427615381413
6:00546125002345
7:00664936083330
8:00782645654356
9:00896452905260
10:001023859936158
11:001160665386969
12:001316969977740
13:001478676358411
14:001655283038971
15:001785289169599
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

realisticjo

33.9 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
667 metal received · 40640 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=1080
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:13 · n=687

Played most by

XXMACGAMERXX133games of this build_Hawkey_70games of this build_X_61games of this buildrealisticjo52games of this buildAbyssFalcon42games of this build

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