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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 · 1080 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1151 · 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 1080 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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×3
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. ThugThug
    34. Energy storage
    35. ThugThug ×3
  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 (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 145 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. MaceMace
    5. ThugThug
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug ×9
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. JellyfishJellyfish
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind ×3
    15. JellyfishJellyfish
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. JellyfishJellyfish
    21. Converter
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind ×2
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 10:00
    32. Converter
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Converter
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    53. Wind ×2
    54. GruntGrunt ×4
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt ×2
    57. Converter
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Converter
    68. GruntGrunt ×3
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. Converter
    78. GruntGrunt ×3
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt ×2
    88. Converter
    89. GruntGrunt ×3
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×2
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×2
    98. Converter
    99. GruntGrunt ×3
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt ×2
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Converter
    109. GruntGrunt ×5
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt ×3
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt ×2
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt ×2
    131. Converter
    132. GruntGrunt ×3
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Con turret
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt ×2
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt ×2
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. Converter
    145. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon's (35 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:48 · 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

1151 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733633
5:00428015541400
6:00546825262339
7:00663736483330
8:00782645754369
9:00894453115272
10:001020560256153
11:001156865676916
12:001315870707733
13:001475077628408
14:001634783728971
15:001774489799593
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

AbyssFalcon

35.2 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
194 metal received · 32810 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=1145
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:15 · n=718

Played most by

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