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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:21 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · typical 0:36
  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 · 42 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. GruntGruntfor Pond
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug ×5
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. GuardGuard
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. 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
    • 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 · 165 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Converter
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. ThugThug
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug
    29. Mex
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. ThugThug ×3
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×3
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. GuardGuard
    41. ThugThug
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. ThugThug
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. ThugThug
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. GuardGuard
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. ThugThug
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. ThugThug
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. ThistleThistle
    62. ThugThug
    63. Converter
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. GuardGuard
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. ThugThug
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. ThugThug
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. ThugThug
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. ThugThug
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. ThugThug
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. ThugThug
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. ThugThug
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. ThugThug
    95. Converter
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. ThugThug
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. ThugThug
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. ThugThug
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×6
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt ×2
    108. Converter
    109. GruntGrunt ×5
    110. Mex
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt ×3
    114. ThistleThistle
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt ×4
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×3
    120. Converter
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt ×5
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt ×6
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt ×5
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt ×2
    130. Converter
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt ×2
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:21 · typical 10:00
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:15
    137. GruntGrunt ×2
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. GruntGrunt ×2
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. JunoJuno
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. GruntGrunt ×6
    146. ManticoreManticorenot finished by 15:00
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. DeceiverJammer bot
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. AugurRadar bot
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. ManticoreManticore
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Wind ×2
    156. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    157. DeceiverJammer bot
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Wind
    160. AugurRadar bot
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. ManticoreManticore
    163. Wind
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Knyron's (32 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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

Knyron

32.3 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
482 metal received · 6461 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

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