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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 · 1217 distinct matches · 199 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1298 · 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 1217 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 0:46 · 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 (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 7:53 · 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

1298 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0094400
3:002037226173
4:003130750636
5:00428615901401
6:00547125972331
7:00665338153321
8:00784346894351
9:00899154155289
10:001024061086158
11:001160666796960
12:001317172087739
13:001470978418472
14:001617584199015
15:001772990979604
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_

65.5 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

45 received units · includes a constructor
8 metal received · 48959 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=1293
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:04–11:18 · n=801

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