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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind ×2
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt ×6
    8. Mex
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. GuardGuard
    24. ThugThug ×5
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. ThugThug ×4
  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 · 101 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×8
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Converter
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Converter
    19. Mex
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Mex
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. ThugThug ×3
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Converter
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. Converter
    42. ThugThug
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Wind ×2
    47. ThugThug
    48. Wind
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug ×2
    54. Converter
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:27
    58. Wind
    59. ThugThug
    60. Converter
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind
    65. ThugThug
    66. Wind
    67. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    68. AgitatorAgitatordone 11:39
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:27 · typical 9:59
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Mex
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Mex
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×6
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Mex
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. GuardGuard
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. GuardGuard
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PrivatePershing's (32 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

PrivatePershing

32.3 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
791 metal received · 9301 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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