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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 · 1243 distinct matches · 204 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1324 · 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 1243 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 0:44 · 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%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon's (35 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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:54 · 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

1324 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002036226173
4:003129751636
5:00428615931401
6:00546225972329
7:00665138153313
8:00783946834351
9:00897954155286
10:001024061036160
11:001161266506955
12:001317172347743
13:001472878608479
14:001615684739062
15:001775991479653
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

AbyssFalcon

35.3 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
29 metal received · 25139 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=1319
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:04–11:20 · n=820

Played most by

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