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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 0:27 · 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. GuardGuard
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Mex
    7. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt ×3
    10. Mex
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    31. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 147 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:45 · typical 9:59
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×4
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind ×3
    60. ThugThug
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. Wind ×4
    66. ThugThug
    67. Wind ×4
    68. ThugThug
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×2
    71. ThugThug
    72. Wind ×3
    73. ThugThug
    74. Wind ×4
    75. ThugThug
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter ×2
    78. ThugThug
    79. Converter ×2
    80. Wind
    81. Pit BullPit Bull
    82. ThugThug
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind ×8
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind ×6
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Pit BullPit Bull
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind ×8
    98. Con turret
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×10
    103. Converter ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:35
    106. Converter ×3
    107. Wind ×9
    108. Converter ×2
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Wind ×14
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind ×3
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind ×8
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Converter
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Converter
    125. FiendFiend
    126. Converter
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. FiendFiend
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. Converter ×2
    135. FiendFiend
    136. Wind ×2
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. Wind ×7
    139. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    140. Wind ×5
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind ×4
    143. Converter
    144. Wind
    145. FiendFiend
    146. Converter ×2
    147. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PrivatePershing's (30 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

PrivatePershing

30.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
278 metal received · 7435 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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