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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 · 1150 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1228 · 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 1150 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 0:19 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 (37%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 32 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Solar
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Mex
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Mex
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. GuardGuard
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GuardGuard
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. PawnPawn
    30. ThugThug
    31. WardenWarden
    32. 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
    • Thug12 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (49%) · 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 · 100 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. WardenWarden
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:44
    9. Wind ×2
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind ×2
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. ThugThug
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Mex
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. ThugThug ×2
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:46
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced solar
    52. TwitcherTwitcher
    53. Wind
    54. TwitcherTwitcher
    55. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced solar
    58. Wind
    59. SheldonSheldondone 11:54
    60. Con turret
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:15
    62. SheldonSheldon
    63. Wind
    64. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:03 · typical 10:02
    66. Wind
    67. ThistleThistle
    68. SheldonSheldon ×2
    69. ThistleThistle
    70. Wind
    71. SheldonSheldon
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. DeceiverJammer bot
    74. Wind
    75. GuardGuard
    76. Wind
    77. SheldonSheldon
    78. GuardGuard
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Mex
    81. SheldonSheldon
    82. BulwarkBulwarknot finished by 15:00
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Mex
    87. Wind
    88. SheldonSheldon
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. SheldonSheldon
    92. Wind
    93. SheldonSheldon
    94. Wind
    95. AugurRadar bot
    96. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    97. SheldonSheldon
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nooby442's (32 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 7:49 · 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

1228 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003130744635
5:00428215631402
6:00547125682344
7:00665337803333
8:00783546494355
9:00895053705265
10:001020360856146
11:001156766136916
12:001314971607728
13:001470977668409
14:001623583978911
15:001772990299544
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

Nooby442

32.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
560 metal received · 15216 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=1223
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=755

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