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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 · 1209 distinct matches · 198 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1290 · 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 1209 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • 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%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug ×2
  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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 64 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug ×6
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    9. ThugThug ×6
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. ThugThug ×6
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    21. ThugThug ×5
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. ThugThug ×5
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. ThugThug
    29. Con turret
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Con turret
    40. CastroCastro
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. Wind ×2
    45. AgitatorAgitatordone 12:59
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:52 · typical 10:03
    48. Wind ×3
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. Wind ×3
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Wind
    53. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    54. Solar
    55. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Mex
    58. ThugThug
    59. GuardGuard
    60. Con turret
    61. ThugThug
    62. GuardGuard ×2
    63. ThugThug
    64. Energy storage

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (37 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 7:52 · in 54% 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

1290 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0094400
3:002037225173
4:003131746635
5:00428615901402
6:00547125992331
7:00665338153327
8:00784346894355
9:00899154155289
10:001024061086156
11:001160066796955
12:001316472047736
13:001465378468447
14:001614784199001
15:001768390979591
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

Lexosis

37.0 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
109 metal received · 34217 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:04–11:18 · n=794

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