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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 · 1096 distinct matches · 189 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1168 · 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 1096 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · typical 0:37
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    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. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Wind
    17. GuardGuard
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ThugThug
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. GuardGuard
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. ThugThug
    37. WardenWarden
    38. ThugThug
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. AggravatorAggravator ×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
    • Thug12 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 · 73 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    6. Metal storage ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Energy storage
    10. WardenWarden
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind ×2
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Con turret
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×2
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13
    40. Wind
    41. ThistleThistle
    42. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    43. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    46. Con turret
    47. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. ThistleThistle ×2
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×5
    51. PersecutorPersecutordone 12:55
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:46
    55. GruntGrunt ×8
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:01
    57. Wind ×2
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind ×2
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind ×2
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. TwitcherTwitcher
    65. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Converter
    68. TwitcherTwitcher
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Converter
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Converter
    73. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (36 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

1168 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003128735632
5:00428215541392
6:00547725252338
7:00664936513321
8:00782845834359
9:00895053165258
10:001021460306149
11:001156865676916
12:001313870687728
13:001473177538412
14:001625883708963
15:001771089789588
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

RockFish

35.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

148 received units · includes a constructor
2688 metal received · 24562 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=1163
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:01–11:16 · n=724

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