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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:21 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:01 · typical 0:36
  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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. ThugThug ×3
  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 · 82 steps
    1. ThugThug ×8
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×3
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Wind ×2
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind ×3
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:30 · typical 10:00
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×3
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. GruntGrunt ×4
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Con turret
    63. GruntGrunt ×17
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. GruntGrunt ×8
    66. Advanced solar
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Advanced solar
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    80. GruntGrunt ×7
    81. Con turret
    82. GruntGrunt ×15

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [A7O]SuperTetra's (31 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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

[A7O]SuperTetra

30.6 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
39 metal received · 22580 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

Played most by

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Supporting games

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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