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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is speddyteddy's (30 OS, 22/08/2026); 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

speddyteddy

30.3 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 14714 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

Played most by

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Supporting games

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31030-23a0c35
Naval balance tweaks off
Standard suicide front · Cortex Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas