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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Mex
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. WardenWarden
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. ThugThug
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. Metal storage
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×8
  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 · 105 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. ThugThug
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. ThugThug
    6. WardenWarden
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:45
    9. Solar
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Energy storage
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 9:41 · typical 9:59
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×12
    21. Energy storage ×2
    22. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:57
    23. Advanced solar
    24. Wind ×7
    25. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:08
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Wind ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    35. Converter
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Wind
    38. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Converter
    46. PawnPawn
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Wind
    52. PawnPawn
    53. Wind
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind ×2
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Wind
    58. PawnPawn
    59. Wind
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Wind
    62. PawnPawn
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Wind ×2
    70. LazarusLazarus
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. PawnPawn
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    81. Wind
    82. PawnPawn
    83. Wind
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    93. PawnPawn
    94. Wind
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    97. Con turret
    98. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    99. PawnPawn
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. PawnPawn
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    105. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (34 OS, 10/10/2026); 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

RockFish

34.4 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 15820 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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