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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Mex
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:02 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug ×4
    6. GuardGuard
    7. ThugThug
    8. GuardGuard
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex ×2
    14. ThugThug ×5
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. IncisorIncisor
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Energy storage
    22. ThugThug
    23. Con turret
    24. ThugThug ×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
    • 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 · 130 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. WardenWarden
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. Mex
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. CastroCastro
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. GuardGuard
    40. Wind
    41. Mex ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Mex
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. AggravatorAggravator
    47. Wind
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. Wind
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug ×2
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Con turret
    58. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    59. ThugThug
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. ThugThug
    62. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    63. GuardGuard
    64. Wind
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Wind ×2
    67. GuardGuard
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×2
    71. ThugThug
    72. Wind
    73. GuardGuard
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind ×2
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind
    78. GuardGuard
    79. Wind
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind ×2
    82. ThugThug
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:20 · typical 9:59
    85. Wind
    86. AggravatorAggravator
    87. Wind
    88. Mex
    89. Wind
    90. AggravatorAggravator
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. Con turret
    99. Wind
    100. Construction BotCon bot
    101. Wind
    102. ThugThug
    103. Wind ×2
    104. ThugThug
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. ThugThug
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. ThugThug
    111. Wind
    112. ThugThug
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. AggravatorAggravator
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. Wind
    118. CastroCastro
    119. AggravatorAggravator
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RG22's (32 OS, 27/08/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

RG22

32.2 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

21 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 26313 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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