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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 · 1073 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1144 · 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 1073 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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. GruntGrunt ×2
    10. Mex
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. GuardGuard
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Mex
    15. GruntGrunt ×3
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GruntGrunt ×2
    18. GuardGuard
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. GuardGuard
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    27. GuardGuard
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Mex
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    35. Con turret
    36. GuardGuard
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 79 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. ThugThug ×9
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×4
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×4
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    35. GuardGuard
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Con turret
    38. GruntGrunt ×3
    39. Converter
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Converter
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Advanced solar
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Metal storage
    46. GuardGuard ×2
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. GuardGuard
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Con turret
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. GuardGuard
    53. GruntGrunt ×4
    54. Advanced solar
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Converter
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. GuardGuard
    59. Advanced solar
    60. Converter
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. GuardGuard
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:44 · typical 10:00
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. GruntGrunt ×5
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. GruntGrunt ×5
    69. GraverobberGraverobber
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:57
    72. GruntGrunt ×3
    73. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:56
    74. GruntGrunt ×11
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. GruntGrunt ×11
    77. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sevendcell's (30 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

1144 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094300
3:002036216173
4:003125734633
5:00427915541394
6:00546725172334
7:00664336463321
8:00782845834356
9:00894453325265
10:001020960336149
11:001157265806916
12:001316170967728
13:001475177778397
14:001636083778939
15:001774290019578
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

Sevendcell

30.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
101 metal received · 16546 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=1138
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=714

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