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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt ×4
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    8. Mex
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind
    26. MaceMace
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. MaceMace
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. MaceMace
    35. Wind
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GruntGrunt
  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 · 107 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Wind
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Wind
    11. GuardGuard
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Energy storage
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:35
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind ×2
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. GuardGuard
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Wind
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. Wind
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. Wind
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. Wind ×3
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Wind ×3
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. WardenWarden
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×4
    68. Converter
    69. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. WardenWarden
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Converter ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. CastroCastro
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:04
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind ×2
    89. CastroCastro
    90. Wind ×4
    91. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    92. Wind ×4
    93. SheldonSheldondone 12:43
    94. Wind ×3
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:48
    96. Wind ×2
    97. SheldonSheldon
    98. Wind
    99. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    100. Wind ×5
    101. Converter
    102. GuardGuard
    103. Wind ×4
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×5
    106. Metal storage
    107. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]CottonBuds's (30 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

[Cookie]CottonBuds

30.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
16 metal received · 12237 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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