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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 0:33 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. GuardGuard
    10. Mex ×2
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. ThugThug
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. ThugThug
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. ThugThug ×4
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
  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 · 113 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    18. Advanced solar
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    21. Advanced solar
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Con turret ×3
    24. Metal storage
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×4
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:15 · typical 10:00
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt ×3
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind ×2
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind ×4
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Con turret
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind ×2
    56. TrasherTrasher
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×4
    61. Wind
    62. TrasherTrasher ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×4
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:42
    70. Wind
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:49
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret ×2
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret ×2
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×6
    83. Con turret
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. GruntGrunt ×3
    88. Energy storage
    89. GruntGrunt ×2
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×10
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×11
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×12
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×11
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt ×9
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt ×12
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×12
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×12
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt ×11
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt ×10
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt ×10
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt ×12

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (34 OS, 01/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

realisticjo

33.5 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
367 metal received · 26069 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

Played most by

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31465-55f7958
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