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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 · 1016 distinct matches · 176 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1085 · 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 1016 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:40 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×8
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×5
    11. Mex ×2
    12. ThugThug ×7
    13. TrasherTrasher
    14. ThugThug ×5
  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 · 160 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. ThugThug ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. GuardGuard
    6. TrasherTrasher
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Solar
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Solar
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. GuardGuard
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Solar
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. Solar
    24. Wind
    25. Solar
    26. WardenWarden
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Solar
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Solar
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Con turret
    38. Solar
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×2
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Wind ×2
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. CastroCastro
    46. Energy storage
    47. Wind
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. AggravatorAggravator
    52. CastroCastro
    53. Wind ×2
    54. WardenWarden
    55. Wind
    56. JellyfishJellyfish
    57. Wind
    58. AggravatorAggravator
    59. Energy storage
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Mex
    63. Wind
    64. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Energy storage
    68. GruntGrunt ×6
    69. Converter
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. GuardGuard
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. Converter
    76. GruntGrunt ×5
    77. Converter
    78. GruntGrunt ×3
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Converter
    82. GruntGrunt ×3
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Converter
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:28 · typical 9:59
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. GuardGuard
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Converter
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt ×3
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Converter
    100. Mex
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt ×2
    109. Converter
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. ThistleThistle
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Converter
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×3
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt ×3
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Mexfor Front
    129. Wind
    130. Energy storage
    131. GruntGrunt ×2
    132. Con turret
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt ×3
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt ×6
    137. Wind
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. GruntGrunt ×2
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt ×4
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt ×3
    144. Con turret
    145. Metal storage
    146. Wind
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. ThistleThistle
    149. GruntGrunt ×2
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Wind
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. GuardGuard
    155. GruntGrunt ×4
    156. Wind
    157. GruntGrunt ×4
    158. ThistleThistle
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (30 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

1085 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002033216172
4:003122732632
5:00427615381413
6:00546125002345
7:00664936083330
8:00782645654356
9:00896452905260
10:001023859936158
11:001160665386969
12:001316969977740
13:001478676358411
14:001655283038971
15:001785289169599
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

annie_may_tydease

30.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
118 metal received · 46688 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=1080
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:13 · n=687

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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