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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×10
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. TrasherTrasher
    16. ThistleThistle
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. TrasherTrasher
    19. 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 (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 · 119 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. Con turret
    6. Solar
    7. ThugThug
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Solar
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. TrasherTrasher
    16. ThistleThistle
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Solar ×3
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08 · typical 9:59
    20. Solar
    21. GruntGrunt ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Mex
    25. GruntGrunt ×4
    26. ThistleThistle
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Solar
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Mex
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Energy storage
    35. ThistleThistle
    36. Solar
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Solar
    43. Mex
    44. GuardGuard ×2
    45. Con turret
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GuardGuard
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. GuardGuard ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. GuardGuard
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. GuardGuard
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Solar
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. GuardGuard
    60. TrasherTrasher
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt ×7
    63. Solar
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Solar
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Solar
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. Wind
    74. Solar
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Con turret
    77. GruntGrunt ×4
    78. Wind
    79. ThugThug
    80. Solar
    81. ThugThug ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. ThugThug ×2
    84. Wind
    85. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    86. Wind
    87. AggravatorAggravator
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:18
    91. Wind
    92. Energy storage
    93. Wind
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. Energy storage
    97. Wind ×3
    98. SumoSumodone 12:32
    99. ArbiterArbiter ×2done 12:39
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:30
    102. DeceiverJammer bot
    103. SumoSumo
    104. Wind ×2
    105. SumoSumo
    106. ArbiterArbiter
    107. Wind ×2
    108. ArbiterArbiter
    109. SumoSumo
    110. Wind ×2
    111. T2 converter
    112. ManticoreManticoredone 14:04
    113. Wind ×3
    114. ArbiterArbiter
    115. Wind
    116. ArbiterArbiter
    117. Wind ×3
    118. Fusion ReactorFusion
    119. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (30 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

annie_may_tydease

30.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
15 metal received · 21377 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on