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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kontraption's (30 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

Kontraption

30.2 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1101 metal received · 17926 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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