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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 · 1217 distinct matches · 199 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1298 · 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 1217 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug16 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. ThugThug
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. ThugThug
    11. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    12. ThugThug
    13. WardenWarden
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GuardGuard
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Mex
  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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 119 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Wind
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. ThugThug
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 10:03
    26. ThugThug
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. GuardGuard
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. Mexfor Front
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. BruteBrute
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Wind ×2
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. Wind ×2
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Wind ×2
    79. GruntGrunt ×2
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. DeceiverJammer bot
    83. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 14:49
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Wind
    88. AugurRadar bot
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. GruntGrunt ×5
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×2
    98. Converter
    99. GruntGrunt ×2
    100. Converter
    101. GruntGrunt ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. Converter ×3
    110. Wind
    111. Converter ×3
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind ×2
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind ×2
    119. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Fakepilot's (35 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:53 · in 54% 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

1298 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0094400
3:002037226173
4:003130750636
5:00428615901401
6:00547125972331
7:00665338153321
8:00784346894351
9:00899154155289
10:001024061086158
11:001160666796960
12:001317172087739
13:001470978418472
14:001617584199015
15:001772990979604
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

Fakepilot

34.8 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
219 metal received · 3856 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1293
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:04–11:18 · n=801

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