Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

0:03Open 3 mex, then rush Bot Lab almost immediately.
by 0:39Finish Bot Lab and start pushing Thug, Grunt, Aggravator.
2:00+Send units straight to middle to contest and stop leaks.
9:40Eat the Bot Lab for metal if 32% of games reach that point.
by 9:51Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once middle is stable.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1059 GAMES

1
20:21
35:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:21
Economy
- 2Mex
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:21after 2 mexdone ~0:36, middle half 0:27–0:45
By 0:21 in all: 2 mex
The example game in this phase · 12 steps
1. 0:03Tidal ×4for Suicide front
2. 0:35Tidal
3. 0:43Tidal ×4for Front
4. 1:15Tidal
5. 1:39Mex ×3
6. 2:10Wind ×2
7. 2:40Mex
8. 2:47Wind ×2
9. 3:01Energy storage
10. 3:05Wind
11. 3:13Wind ×2
12. 3:26Bot Labnot finished by 15:00 · typical 0:36
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:21 – 5:00
Economy
- 3Mex
- 2Wind
Builders
- 4 Graverobber
- 3 Con bot
Army
- 3 Guard
- 16 Thug
- 3 Grunt
Other
- 1 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 · 12 steps
1. 3:27Wind ×2
2. 3:39Bot Labdone 3:53
3. 3:53Con bot
4. 4:01Con botfor Geo
5. 4:10Lazarus ×2
6. 4:22Con turret
7. 4:25Lazarus
8. 4:37Wind
9. 4:38Con bot
10. 4:47Wind
11. 4:53Con bot
12. 4:56Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 12Wind
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 3 Graverobber
- 1 Con bot
Army
- 1 Guard
- 11 Thug
- 1 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 · 390 steps
1. 5:00Wind ×2
2. 5:12Con turret
3. 5:12Converter
4. 5:17Bot Labdone 5:32
5. 5:21Converter
6. 5:24Wind
7. 5:32Converter
8. 5:35Con turret
9. 5:36Con botfor Geo
10. 5:37Wind
11. 5:45Con bot
12. 5:49Wind
13. 5:54Con bot
14. 5:59Wind
15. 6:03Grunt
16. 6:05Converter
17. 6:06Grunt
18. 6:09Wind
19. 6:09Grunt
20. 6:12Converter
21. 6:12Grunt ×2
22. 6:18Converter
23. 6:19Grunt
24. 6:20Wind
25. 6:21Windfor Geo
26. 6:23Grunt
27. 6:25Converter
28. 6:26Grunt
29. 6:29Windfor Geo
30. 6:29Grunt
31. 6:32Wind
32. 6:32Grunt
33. 6:32Converter
34. 6:35Grunt
35. 6:38Windfor Geo
36. 6:39Grunt
37. 6:42Wind
38. 6:43Grunt
39. 6:44Windfor Geo
40. 6:48Grunt
41. 6:50Windfor Geo
42. 6:50Grunt
43. 6:53Wind
44. 6:53Grunt ×2
45. 6:57Windfor Geo
46. 6:59Grunt
47. 7:00Converter
48. 7:03Wind
49. 7:04Grunt ×2
50. 7:12Windfor Geo
51. 7:13Wind
52. 7:16Grunt
53. 7:18Converter
54. 7:22Windfor Geo
55. 7:22Grunt
56. 7:24Wind
57. 7:25Con turret
58. 7:28Grunt
59. 7:32Windfor Geo
60. 7:35Wind
61. 7:35T2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 10:00
62. 7:38Converter
63. 7:47Wind
64. 7:50Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
65. 7:53Windfor Geo
66. 7:53Converter
67. 7:58Wind ×2
68. 8:02Con turret
69. 8:08Wind
70. 8:08Agitatordone 9:07
71. 8:23Wind ×3
72. 8:52T2 mex
73. 8:57Wind
74. 8:59Guard
75. 9:10Wind
76. 9:11Twin Guard
77. 9:19Radar Tower
78. 9:20Wind
79. 9:22Dragon's Teeth ×4
80. 9:26T2 mex
81. 9:28Dragon's Teeth ×3
82. 9:31Wind
83. 9:32Dragon's Teeth ×2
84. 9:36Windfor Geo
85. 9:37Dragon's Teeth ×3
86. 9:41Wind
87. 9:42Dragon's Teeth
88. 9:43Twin Guard
89. 9:45Dragon's Teeth
90. 9:45Con turretfor Geo
91. 9:48Dragon's Teeth ×2
92. 9:52Wind
93. 9:52Bot Labdone 10:05
94. 9:55Dragon's Teeth ×5
95. 10:04Wind
96. 10:04Dragon's Teeth
97. 10:04T2 mex
98. 10:05Con turret
99. 10:05Tick
100. 10:06Dragon's Teeth
101. 10:12Castro
102. 10:17Wind
103. 10:24Con bot
104. 10:25Con turret
105. 10:26Windfor Geo
106. 10:30Wind
107. 10:33Wind ×2for Geo
108. 10:43Wind
109. 10:43Windfor Geo
110. 10:44Con bot
111. 10:49Windfor Geo
112. 10:50Con bot
113. 10:53Wind
114. 10:54Con bot
115. 10:54Wind ×2for Geo
116. 10:58Tick ×3
117. 11:01Windfor Geo
118. 11:02Tick
119. 11:03Wind
120. 11:04Tick
121. 11:05Windfor Geo
122. 11:05Tick ×3
123. 11:09Windfor Geo
124. 11:10Tick
125. 11:11Dragon's Teeth
126. 11:11Tick ×2
127. 11:13Dragon's Teeth
128. 11:13Windfor Geo
129. 11:14Wind
130. 11:14Tick
131. 11:15Dragon's Teeth
132. 11:16Tick
133. 11:17Windfor Geo
134. 11:17Dragon's Teeth
135. 11:17Tick ×2
136. 11:19Dragon's Teeth
137. 11:20Tick
138. 11:21Dragon's Teeth
139. 11:22Windfor Geo
140. 11:22Tick ×2
141. 11:24Wind
142. 11:25Dragon's Teeth
143. 11:25Tick ×2
144. 11:27Windfor Geo
145. 11:28Tick
146. 11:28Dragon's Teeth
147. 11:29Tick ×2
148. 11:32Dragon's Teeth
149. 11:32Tick
150. 11:33Windfor Geo
151. 11:34Tick
152. 11:35Wind
153. 11:35Tick
154. 11:36Dragon's Teeth
155. 11:37Tick ×2
156. 11:39Converter
157. 11:39Windfor Geo
158. 11:39Con turret
159. 11:39Dragon's Teeth
160. 11:39Valiant
161. 11:40Wind
162. 11:40Tick
163. 11:41Wind
164. 11:41Tick
165. 11:42Wind
166. 11:43Windfor Geo
167. 11:43Tick
168. 11:43Dragon's Teeth
169. 11:44Wind
170. 11:44Tick
171. 11:45Wind
172. 11:46Con turret
173. 11:46Tick
174. 11:46Dragon's Teeth
175. 11:46Light transport
176. 11:46Windfor Geo
177. 11:47Tick
178. 11:48Wind
179. 11:49Tick
180. 11:49Dragon's Teeth
181. 11:50Light transport
182. 11:50Tick
183. 11:51Wind ×2
184. 11:52Tick
185. 11:53Windfor Geo
186. 11:53Valiant
187. 11:53Tick
188. 11:55Wind
189. 11:55Tick
190. 11:55Wind ×2
191. 11:56Valiant
192. 11:56Tick
193. 11:58Valiant
194. 11:58Tick
195. 11:59Windfor Geo
196. 11:59Tick
197. 12:00Valiant
198. 12:00T2 mex
199. 12:00Dragon's Teeth
200. 12:00Wind
201. 12:01Tick
202. 12:02Valiant
203. 12:02Wind ×2
204. 12:02Tick
205. 12:04Dragon's Teeth
206. 12:04Valiant
207. 12:04Tick
208. 12:05Wind
209. 12:05Tick
210. 12:06Windfor Geo
211. 12:06Valiant
212. 12:06Wind
213. 12:06Dragon's Teeth
214. 12:07Tick
215. 12:08Valiant
216. 12:08Wind
217. 12:08Tick
218. 12:09Wind
219. 12:10Valiant
220. 12:10Tick
221. 12:10Dragon's Teeth
222. 12:11Wind
223. 12:11Tick
224. 12:12Valiant
225. 12:12Wind
226. 12:13Tick
227. 12:13Windfor Geo
228. 12:14Dragon's Teeth
229. 12:14Valiant
230. 12:14Tick
231. 12:16Valiant
232. 12:16Tick
233. 12:17Wind
234. 12:17Dragon's Teeth
235. 12:18Tick
236. 12:19Wind ×3
237. 12:20Tick
238. 12:21Dragon's Teeth
239. 12:22Valiant
240. 12:22Tick
241. 12:25Dragon's Teeth
242. 12:25Tick
243. 12:26Wind
244. 12:27Windfor Geo
245. 12:28Wind
246. 12:28Valiant
247. 12:28Tick
248. 12:29Dragon's Teeth
249. 12:29Wind ×2
250. 12:31Tick
251. 12:32Valiant
252. 12:32Wind ×2
253. 12:33Tick
254. 12:34Valiant
255. 12:35Tick
256. 12:36Dragon's Teeth
257. 12:36Wind
258. 12:37Valiant
259. 12:37T2 mex
260. 12:37Tick
261. 12:39Wind ×2
262. 12:40Dragon's Teeth
263. 12:40Valiant
264. 12:40Tick ×2
265. 12:43Wind
266. 12:44Dragon's Teeth
267. 12:46Tick
268. 12:47Wind
269. 12:48Dragon's Teeth
270. 12:49Wind
271. 12:49Tick
272. 12:50Wind
273. 12:50Valiant
274. 12:51Windfor Geo
275. 12:51Tick
276. 12:52Dragon's Teeth
277. 12:53Wind
278. 12:53Tick
279. 12:54Valiant
280. 12:54Wind
281. 12:55Dragon's Teeth
282. 12:55Wind ×2
283. 12:55Tick
284. 12:56Valiant
285. 12:56T2 mex
286. 12:57Tick
287. 12:59Valiant
288. 12:59Wind
289. 12:59Tick
290. 13:00Wind
291. 13:01Tick
292. 13:03Valiant
293. 13:03Tick
294. 13:04Wind ×2
295. 13:06Tick
296. 13:07Wind
297. 13:08Tick
298. 13:08Valiant
299. 13:10Wind
300. 13:10Tick ×2
301. 13:13Wind
302. 13:13Valiant
303. 13:13Tick
304. 13:15Wind
305. 13:15Valiant
306. 13:15Tick
307. 13:15Wind
308. 13:16Tick
309. 13:17Wind
310. 13:17Valiant
311. 13:18Tick
312. 13:19Valiant
313. 13:19Tick
314. 13:20Wind ×3
315. 13:21Valiant
316. 13:21Tick ×2
317. 13:23Valiant
318. 13:24Tick
319. 13:25Valiant
320. 13:25Tick
321. 13:26Wind ×2
322. 13:27Valiant
323. 13:27Tick
324. 13:27Wind ×2
325. 13:28Tick
326. 13:29Valiant
327. 13:30Tick
328. 13:31Valiant
329. 13:31Wind
330. 13:32Tick
331. 13:33Valiant
332. 13:33Tick
333. 13:34Wind
334. 13:35Valiant
335. 13:35Tick
336. 13:36Wind ×2
337. 13:36T2 mex
338. 13:36Tick
339. 13:37Valiant
340. 13:38Tick
341. 13:38Valiant
342. 13:39Wind
343. 13:39Tick
344. 13:40Valiant
345. 13:41Wind
346. 13:41Tick
347. 13:41Wind ×2
348. 13:41Valiant
349. 13:42Tick
350. 13:43Valiant
351. 13:44Tick
352. 13:44Valiant
353. 13:45Tick
354. 13:46Wind
355. 13:46Valiant
356. 13:47Wind
357. 13:47Tick
358. 13:48Con turret
359. 13:49Valiant
360. 13:49Wind ×2
361. 13:52Valiant
362. 13:52Tick
363. 13:52Wind ×5
364. 14:04Valiant
365. 14:12Wind
366. 14:12Fusionnot finished by 15:00
367. 14:13Con turret
368. 14:15Valiant
369. 14:15Wind
370. 14:16Tick
371. 14:17Wind ×5
372. 14:26Vehicle Plantdone 14:40
373. 14:28Wind
374. 14:30Valiant
375. 14:31Tick
376. 14:37Wind ×2
377. 14:40Tick
378. 14:42Wind ×2
379. 14:42Tick
380. 14:44Wind
381. 14:44Tick
382. 14:45Wind ×2
383. 14:46Tick ×2
384. 14:49Wind
385. 14:50Tick ×2
386. 14:53Wind ×3
387. 14:54Tick
388. 14:56Mex
389. 14:57Wind ×2
390. 14:57Tick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thors_Hammer's (31 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	330	0	0
2:00	944	0	0
3:00	2036	216	173
4:00	3125	733	632
5:00	4281	1542	1394
6:00	5474	2505	2331
7:00	6649	3637	3310
8:00	7829	4565	4355
9:00	8944	5301	5270
10:00	10213	6017	6154
11:00	11588	6567	6915
12:00	13163	7036	7714
13:00	14758	7754	8382
14:00	16372	8351	8916
15:00	17744	8970	9568

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

Thors_Hammer

31.1 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

211 received units · includes a constructor
1384 metal received · 50818 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31604-de18957
Naval balance tweaks off

Standard suicide front

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Thors_Hammer

Typical milestones

Played most by

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