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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×4
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. GuardGuard
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×3
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. Wind
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. PawnPawn
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    35. ThugThug
    36. GruntGrunt ×2
    37. Wind
    38. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    39. ThugThug
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. ThugThug
    42. CenturionCenturion
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    46. ThugThug
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    49. ThugThug
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    53. GraverobberGraverobber
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    56. ThugThug
    57. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. ThugThug ×2
    60. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. PawnPawn
    63. ThugThug ×3
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    68. ThugThug ×2
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Con turret
    73. GruntGrunt ×8
    74. MaceMace
    75. GruntGrunt ×3
    76. ThugThug
    77. AggravatorAggravator
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:29
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. MaceMace
    82. TrasherTrasher
    83. Wind
    84. TrasherTrasher
    85. AggravatorAggravator
    86. MaceMace
    87. Wind
    88. TrasherTrasher
    89. CenturionCenturion
    90. MaceMace
    91. CrossbowCrossbow
    92. MaceMace
    93. TrasherTrasher
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. RocketeerRocketeer
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. MaceMace
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. AggravatorAggravator
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:00
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. MaceMace
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. CrossbowCrossbow
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. AggravatorAggravator
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt ×2
    113. PawnPawn
    114. Wind
    115. MaceMace

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (42 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

XXMACGAMERXX

42.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
565 metal received · 11523 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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