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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 34 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×5
    9. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. GuardGuard
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Mex
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. Converter
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 101 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug ×4
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Converter
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. GuardGuard
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug ×2
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt ×3
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:18 · typical 9:59
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×3
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GraverobberGraverobber
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. GraverobberGraverobber
    86. Energy storage
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    89. GuardGuard
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. GuardGuard ×2
    92. GruntGrunt ×3
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Con turret
    95. GruntGrunt ×7
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Con turret
    99. GruntGrunt ×4
    100. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    101. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (35 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

Rexalidus

35.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
770 metal received · 18731 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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