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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GuardGuard
    8. ThugThug
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×4
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug
    24. GuardGuard
    25. WardenWarden
    26. ThugThug ×10
    27. BeholderBeholder
    28. ThugThug ×3
  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 · 74 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Con turret
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. WardenWarden
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. BeholderBeholder
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×3
    23. Wind
    24. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    25. ThugThug
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. BeholderBeholder
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug ×3
    34. Wind
    35. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    36. ThugThug ×2
    37. GruntGrunt ×6
    38. BeholderBeholder
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:22 · typical 10:00
    41. GruntGrunt ×2
    42. BeholderBeholder
    43. GruntGrunt ×3
    44. BeholderBeholder
    45. GruntGrunt ×4
    46. BeholderBeholder
    47. GruntGrunt ×4
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×4
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt ×3
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. GruntGrunt ×2
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×4
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:56
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind ×2
    74. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BlackCat12's (31 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

BlackCat12

31.3 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
331 metal received · 45875 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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