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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 0:46 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. ThugThug
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. MaceMace
    27. ThugThug
    28. MaceMace
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 116 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Mex
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. TrasherTrasher
    9. Wind
    10. TrasherTrasher
    11. MaceMace
    12. Wind
    13. TrasherTrasher
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. TrasherTrasher ×3
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. Energy storage
    22. ThugThug
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. JellyfishJellyfish
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ThugThug
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    33. GuardGuard
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. WardenWarden
    37. RocketeerRocketeer
    38. Wind
    39. RocketeerRocketeer
    40. GuardGuard
    41. Wind ×2
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. GuardGuard
    44. Wind ×2
    45. LazarusLazarus
    46. Wind
    47. ThugThug
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46 · typical 9:59
    49. Wind ×3
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. ThugThug
    55. Wind
    56. RocketeerRocketeer
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind ×2
    64. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:28
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    102. Wind
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    106. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt ×2
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Con turret ×2

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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

40.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
182 metal received · 42924 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

Played most by

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