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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Jonjo_13's (31 OS, 08/08/2026); 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

Jonjo_13

30.8 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
106 metal received · 35892 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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