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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Wind ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. GruntGrunt ×4
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt ×5
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. ThugThug ×5
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. ThugThug ×5
  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 · 76 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug ×5
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. ThugThug ×8
    14. Wind
    15. WardenWarden
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. WardenWarden
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:16
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Mex
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. WardenWarden
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:53 · typical 9:59
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×6
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:16
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Con turret
    72. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PrivatePershing's (32 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

PrivatePershing

32.3 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
576 metal received · 9603 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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