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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 · 1024 distinct matches · 177 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1093 · 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 1024 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Con turret
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    34. 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 · 72 steps
    1. WardenWarden
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Solar
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:32
    8. Con turret
    9. WolverineWolverine ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. WolverineWolverine
    12. BruteBrute
    13. GuardGuard
    14. BruteBrute
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:33
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:03 · typical 9:59
    17. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    18. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:20
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    21. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Wind ×5
    25. Solar
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Solar ×3
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:03
    29. Solar
    30. TickTick ×4
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. TickTick
    33. Con turret
    34. TickTick ×3
    35. Con turret
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Con turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Solar
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. Solar
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Solar
    46. TickTick
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Con turret
    50. Solar
    51. TickTick
    52. JunoJuno
    53. Con turret
    54. TickTick
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    57. TickTick
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. TickTick ×3
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:25
    62. Wind
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. TickTick
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. TickTick
    67. Solar
    68. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Solar
    72. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (34 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

1093 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732630
5:00427615381403
6:00546125002345
7:00663736383330
8:00782245654356
9:00894752905260
10:001021459936157
11:001158865386956
12:001316369977738
13:001476176358409
14:001649683038955
15:001781788919587
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

RockFish

34.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
259 metal received · 36069 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=1088
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:13 · n=689

Played most by

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
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