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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×3
    11. Mex
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. TrasherTrasher
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    23. GruntGrunt ×3
    24. ThugThug
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. GuardGuard
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Solar
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
  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 · 151 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Solar
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:47
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:27 · typical 9:59
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Wind ×6
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Con turret
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. GruntGrunt ×6
    36. Con turret
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced solar
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    44. Advanced solar
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Advanced solar
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Advanced solar
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Advanced solar
    61. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Converter
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. GuardGuard
    66. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. GuardGuard
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced solar
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. Wind
    79. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Energy storage
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced solar
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. GunslingerGunslingerdone 11:57
    91. GraverobberGraverobber
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced solar
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Converter
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:51
    101. Advanced solar
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. IncisorIncisor
    106. Converter
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Con turret
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. IncisorIncisor
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. IncisorIncisor
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Advanced solar
    117. IncisorIncisor
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. IncisorIncisor
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. IncisorIncisor
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Converter
    125. IncisorIncisor
    126. GraverobberGraverobber
    127. Wind
    128. IncisorIncisor
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. IncisorIncisor
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. IncisorIncisor
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. IncisorIncisor
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. IncisorIncisor
    137. JunoJuno
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. IncisorIncisor
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Converter
    143. IncisorIncisor
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. IncisorIncisor
    146. GraverobberGraverobber
    147. Wind
    148. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    149. Construction BotCon bot
    150. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    151. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:45 · 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

_Hawkey_

65.4 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
58 metal received · 16880 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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