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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 53 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Mex
    12. GruntGrunt ×3
    13. Mex
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Con turret
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Mex
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. GuardGuard
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. ThistleThistle
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. GuardGuard
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. Wind
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. GuardGuard
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. Wind ×3
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. AggravatorAggravator
    48. Wind
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. Wind ×2
    51. AggravatorAggravator
    52. Wind
    53. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 78 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind ×3
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×3
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind ×2
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ThugThug
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind ×7
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind ×3
    24. ThugThug
    25. Advanced solar
    26. ThugThug
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:28
    29. ThugThug
    30. Con turret
    31. Advanced solar
    32. Converter ×2
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Advanced solar
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. ThugThug
    37. Converter
    38. ThugThug
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. Converter
    42. ThugThug
    43. Advanced solar
    44. ThugThug
    45. Con turret
    46. TrasherTrasher
    47. Con turret
    48. TrasherTrasher
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced solar
    51. TrasherTrasher
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced solar
    54. TrasherTrasher
    55. Converter
    56. EvisceratorEvisceratordone 11:50
    57. TrasherTrasher
    58. Converter ×3
    59. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. Con turret
    62. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    63. Con turret
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. GraverobberGraverobber
    67. Con turret
    68. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. SAMSAM
    71. SatyrSatyr
    72. Dragon's JawDragon's Jaw
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. TrasherTrasher
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Solar ×3
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. EvisceratorEviscerator

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is LegionMC's (32 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

LegionMC

32.3 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
27 metal received · 13861 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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