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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Energy storage
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×3
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Twin GuardTwin Guard
  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 · 111 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Mex
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×3
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×4
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×3
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt ×4
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×4
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×4
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×5
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt ×5
    41. ThistleThistle
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt ×3
    44. ThistleThistle
    45. GruntGrunt ×3
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. ThistleThistle
    52. GruntGrunt ×2
    53. Mex
    54. TrasherTrasher
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt ×3
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. TrasherTrasher
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×4
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. TrasherTrasher
    66. GruntGrunt ×3
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53
    70. TrasherTrasher
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:57
    80. Mex
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. Wind
    83. GraverobberGraverobber
    84. Wind ×2
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Construction BotCon bot
    87. Mex ×2
    88. GuardGuard
    89. Wind ×2
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Wind
    92. Mex
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. Mex
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. GuardGuard
    100. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    101. Wind
    102. GraverobberGraverobber
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind ×4
    110. ScorpionScorpion
    111. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bishtou's (30 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

Bishtou

30.4 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
803 metal received · 19889 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

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