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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Mex
    8. GuardGuard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    22. ThugThug
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. ThugThug ×7
  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 · 89 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Advanced solar
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Advanced solar
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Advanced solar
    13. ThugThug ×6
    14. Wind
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. WardenWarden
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 9:59
    30. Wind ×8
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind ×3
    38. ThugThug
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind ×2
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug ×2
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug ×2
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. ThugThug ×2
    68. Energy storage
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:42
    72. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. ArbiterArbiterdone 13:51
    77. Wind
    78. ArbiterArbiter
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Wind
    82. ArbiterArbiter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    85. ArbiterArbiter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. ArbiterArbiter
    88. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    89. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (32 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

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

realisticjo

32.3 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
2078 metal received · 16163 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

Played most by

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