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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 0:45 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt ×4
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. GruntGrunt ×3
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Wind
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind ×2
    32. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 142 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind ×2
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Wind
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. GruntGrunt ×2
    44. Wind
    45. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TrasherTrasher
    48. Wind
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:42
    50. TrasherTrasher
    51. Wind ×2
    52. TrasherTrasher
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TrasherTrasher
    56. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    57. Wind ×2
    58. TrasherTrasher
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04 · typical 10:03
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind ×2
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×2
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. GraverobberGraverobber
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. CastroCastro
    107. GruntGrunt ×2
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. CastroCastro
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt ×2
    123. Wind
    124. GraverobberGraverobber
    125. Wind
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Wind
    128. Metal storage
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. CastroCastro
    131. Wind
    132. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    133. Con turret
    134. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Con turret
    137. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    138. Con turret ×2
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Con turret
    141. GruntGrunt ×2
    142. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xsicer's (30 OS, 20/08/2026); 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 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

Xsicer

30.3 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
172 metal received · 7496 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

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