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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 · 1162 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1240 · 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 1162 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt ×3
    8. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Wind
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Con turret
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. GuardGuard ×2
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind ×2
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Wind ×2
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Wind
    36. GuardGuard
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. Wind
    39. GuardGuard
    40. AggravatorAggravator
    41. Wind
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Wind
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. GuardGuard
    46. 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
    • Thug12 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (49%) · aggravator (42%) · 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 · 114 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Wind ×4
    12. WardenWarden
    13. ThistleThistle ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. WardenWarden
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. ThugThug
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. WardenWarden
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. Mex
    36. GuardGuard
    37. ThugThug
    38. WardenWarden
    39. Wind ×3for Geo
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Windfor Geo
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. AggravatorAggravator
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. AggravatorAggravator
    56. Converter
    57. AggravatorAggravator
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Mex
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Converter
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Converter
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Converter
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. GruntGrunt ×4
    76. GuardGuard
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. GuardGuard
    81. Windfor Geo
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Windfor Geo
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:40 · typical 10:02
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Windfor Geo
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Con turret
    90. GruntGrunt ×3
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×4
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt ×4
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. GruntGrunt ×2
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt ×4
    105. Wind
    106. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Wind ×5
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Advanced solar
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is LegionMC's (32 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:50 · 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

1240 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003129744635
5:00428115631401
6:00546325682341
7:00664937803332
8:00783546614355
9:00895553735265
10:001020360896152
11:001156766316920
12:001313871707734
13:001467577778422
14:001617584038963
15:001768390549564
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

LegionMC

32.4 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
133 metal received · 13210 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=1235
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=760

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