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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug ×5
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. 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 · 86 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Wind
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. ThugThug
    21. Mex ×2
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Wind
    24. GuardGuard
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Mex
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×5
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug ×2
    37. Wind
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug ×8
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. SentrySentry
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00
    53. ThugThug ×6
    54. RocketeerRocketeer
    55. ThugThug
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. ThugThug ×7
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. ThugThug ×3
    60. JellyfishJellyfish
    61. ThugThug ×2
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. GraverobberGraverobber
    64. ThugThug ×5
    65. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:26
    66. ThugThug
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug
    69. Wind ×2
    70. ThugThug
    71. Wind
    72. Energy storage
    73. ThugThug
    74. Wind ×2
    75. ThugThug
    76. Wind
    77. ThugThug
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. ArbiterArbiterdone 14:55
    83. Wind
    84. ThugThug
    85. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00
    86. ArbiterArbiter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (41 OS, 14/10/2026); 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

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

XXMACGAMERXX

41.5 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

73 received units · includes a constructor
62 metal received · 23037 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

Played most by

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