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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 · 1073 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1144 · 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 1073 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 ~0:37, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:21 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · typical 0:37
  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 · 34 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Mex
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Wind
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    24. GuardGuard
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. ThugThug
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×7
    29. Mex
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. GuardGuard
    32. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
  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 (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 198 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:44
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    6. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mexfor Front
    14. Wind
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. WolverineWolverine
    18. Wind ×2
    19. WolverineWolverine
    20. Mex
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. WolverineWolverine
    24. Wind ×2
    25. WolverineWolverine
    26. Wind ×2
    27. BruteBrute
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×2
    31. BruteBrute
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. JellyfishJellyfish
    36. Wind
    37. JellyfishJellyfish
    38. Wind
    39. BruteBrute
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 10:00
    43. Mex
    44. Wind ×2
    45. BruteBrute
    46. Converter
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GuardGuard
    49. Converter
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. BruteBrute
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Converter
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. Converter
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:08
    58. BruteBrute
    59. Converter ×2
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BruteBrute
    62. Energy storage
    63. Mex ×2
    64. Energy storage
    65. BruteBrute
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. GuardGuard
    68. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    69. RoverScout
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. RoverScout
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. BruteBrute
    75. Con turret
    76. RoverScout ×2
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:57
    78. RoverScout ×3
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Pit BullPit Bull
    81. BruteBrute
    82. RoverScout
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. RoverScout
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. RoverScout
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. RoverScout
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. RoverScout
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. RoverScout
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. WolverineWolverine
    95. RoverScout
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. RoverScout
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. RoverScout
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. RoverScout
    102. Advanced solar
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Solar
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. RoverScout
    107. WolverineWolverine
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. RoverScout
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. RoverScout
    113. Advanced solar
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. RoverScout
    116. WolverineWolverine
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. RoverScout
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Advanced solar
    121. Wind
    122. RoverScout
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. RoverScout
    125. BruteBrute
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. RoverScout
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. RoverScout
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. RoverScout
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. RoverScout
    134. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. RoverScout
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. BruteBrute
    141. RoverScout
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    144. Construction BotCon bot
    145. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:45
    146. Wind
    147. Advanced solar
    148. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    149. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    150. Construction BotCon bot
    151. BruteBrute
    152. Wind
    153. Wind
    154. RoverScout
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. RoverScout
    157. Wind
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. RoverScout
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. RoverScout
    162. BruteBrute
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Wind
    165. Wind
    166. RoverScout
    167. Advanced solar
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. RoverScout
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. RoverScout
    172. GruntGrunt
    173. Wind
    174. RoverScout
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. BruteBrute
    177. RoverScout
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. Wind
    180. Wind
    181. RoverScout
    182. GruntGrunt
    183. RoverScout
    184. Con turret
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Advanced solar
    187. RoverScout
    188. Wind
    189. GruntGrunt
    190. BruteBrute
    191. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    192. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    193. GruntGrunt
    194. Wind
    195. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    196. GruntGrunt
    197. Wind
    198. BruteBrute

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (36 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

1144 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094300
3:002036216173
4:003125734633
5:00427915541394
6:00546725172334
7:00664336463321
8:00782845834356
9:00894453325265
10:001020960336149
11:001157265806916
12:001316170967728
13:001475177778397
14:001636083778939
15:001774290019578
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

RockFish

35.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
349 metal received · 30520 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:37Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1138
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=714

Played most by

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