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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×4
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×3
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. TrasherTrasher
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. ThugThug
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. GruntGrunt ×3
    31. ThugThug
    32. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    33. Wind ×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 · 174 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz
    2. SentrySentry
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind ×2
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. Wind
    18. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:36
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind ×2
    27. GruntGrunt ×3
    28. Mex
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Mex
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Con turret
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Mex
    43. BlitzBlitz ×3
    44. Wind
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. GraverobberGraverobber
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Mex
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Converter
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×3
    69. Converter
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. MaceMace
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. GruntGrunt ×3
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. GruntGrunt ×3
    81. Wind
    82. JanusJanus
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Converter
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×3
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt ×2
    93. Wind
    94. JanusJanus
    95. GruntGrunt ×2
    96. Converter
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. GraverobberGraverobber
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    103. GuardGuard
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:32 · typical 10:03
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    107. Advanced solar
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Con turret
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Advanced solar
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Construction BotCon bot
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. Construction BotCon bot
    118. Con turret
    119. CastroCastro
    120. Advanced solar
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Con turret
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:16
    126. Advanced solar
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced solar
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. GuardGuard
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Pit BullPit Bull
    134. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. GruntGrunt ×2
    138. Advanced solar
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt ×2
    144. Wind
    145. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:55
    146. GruntGrunt ×2
    147. Advanced solar
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. IncisorIncisor
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Advanced solar
    154. GruntGrunt ×2
    155. Wind
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. IncisorIncisor
    158. GruntGrunt ×2
    159. Wind
    160. IncisorIncisor
    161. GraverobberGraverobber
    162. JunoJuno
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    165. IncisorIncisor
    166. Wind
    167. IncisorIncisor
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 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

_Hawkey_

65.5 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

60 received units · includes a constructor
72 metal received · 53437 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

Played most by

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