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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGrunt ×3
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. GuardGuard
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. ThugThug
    23. GuardGuard
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. Con turret
    34. Metal storage
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
  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 · 81 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×4
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ThistleThistle
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    11. Wind ×6
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:22
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02
    23. Metal storage
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. SheldonSheldondone 10:58
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. SheldonSheldon ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. SheldonSheldon
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. SheldonSheldon
    42. Wind ×2
    43. SheldonSheldon
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. SheldonSheldon
    48. Wind
    49. SheldonSheldon
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. SheldonSheldon
    53. Wind
    54. PersecutorPersecutordone 14:06
    55. SheldonSheldon
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    58. DeceiverJammer bot
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. AugurRadar bot
    62. Wind
    63. SheldonSheldon ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. SheldonSheldon
    67. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    68. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    69. SheldonSheldon
    70. Converter
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. Converter
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. SheldonSheldon
    78. Wind
    79. GuardGuard
    80. Wind
    81. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is kellanvad's (34 OS, 04/09/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

kellanvad

33.9 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1348 metal received · 3988 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

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