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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Wind ×2
    9. ThugThug
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Mex
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×3
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. ThugThug
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×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 · 152 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:02
    5. ThugThug
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GuardGuard
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. GuardGuard
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind ×2
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. CastroCastro
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 9:59
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Energy storage
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Wind ×2
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. GruntGrunt ×5
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×3
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:08
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind ×3
    58. StarlightStarlightfor Geodone 13:00
    59. Wind ×4
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind ×3
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind ×3
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Wind ×2
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. RascalRascal
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. RascalRascal
    83. Wind ×2
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. RascalRascal
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. RascalRascal
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. RascalRascal
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. RascalRascal
    98. Wind
    99. RascalRascal
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. RascalRascal
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. RascalRascal
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. RascalRascal
    110. Wind
    111. RascalRascal
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. RascalRascal
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. RascalRascal
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. RascalRascal
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. RascalRascal
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. RascalRascal
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. RascalRascal
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. RascalRascal
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. RascalRascal
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. RascalRascal
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. RascalRascal
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. RascalRascal
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. RascalRascal
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. RascalRascal
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. Wind
    146. RascalRascal
    147. Wind
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. RascalRascal
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. RascalRascal
    152. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (40 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

XXMACGAMERXX

40.1 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
86 metal received · 49193 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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