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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 · 1243 distinct matches · 204 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1324 · 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 1243 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. PawnPawn
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    31. Energy storage
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. GuardGuard
    36. 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
    • 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 · 136 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug ×5
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug ×8
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Wind
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Converter
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Converter
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ThugThug
    33. Converter
    34. ThugThug
    35. Wind ×2
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. ThugThug ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind ×2
    43. GuardGuard
    44. Wind
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Converter
    47. GuardGuard
    48. Wind ×3
    49. GuardGuard
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. CastroCastro
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:28 · typical 10:04
    68. Converter
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×2
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt ×2
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Converter
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Wind ×2
    99. JellyfishJellyfish
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Converter
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. JellyfishJellyfish
    104. Wind ×2
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. JellyfishJellyfish
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Converter
    112. JellyfishJellyfish
    113. GraverobberGraverobber
    114. Wind ×2
    115. GraverobberGraverobber
    116. Wind
    117. GraverobberGraverobber
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Converter
    121. GruntGrunt ×3
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Con turret
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×2
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt ×2
    131. Converter
    132. GruntGrunt ×3
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon'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 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:54 · 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

1324 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002036226173
4:003129751636
5:00428615931401
6:00546225972329
7:00665138153313
8:00783946834351
9:00897954155286
10:001024061036160
11:001161266506955
12:001317172347743
13:001472878608479
14:001615684739062
15:001775991479653
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

AbyssFalcon

35.0 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
454 metal received · 49048 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=1319
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:04–11:20 · n=820

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