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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 51 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. ThugThug
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Wind
    28. GuardGuard
    29. ThugThug
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Wind
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. ThugThug
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×2
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. WardenWarden
    46. ThugThug ×2
    47. Energy storage
    48. ThugThug ×3
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. CastroCastro
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 87 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    3. Wind
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Wind
    6. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CastroCastro
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:19 · typical 10:00
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    47. Converter
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Converter
    52. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. WardenWarden
    55. Wind
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:39
    60. Wind
    61. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. CastroCastro
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. CastroCastro
    69. Converter
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    74. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    80. Wind ×3
    81. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bishtou's (31 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

Bishtou

30.9 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

33 received units · includes a constructor
1218 metal received · 27185 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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