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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    21. ThugThug
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    23. WardenWarden
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    25. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 80 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Mex
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Wind
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Wind
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind
    10. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:52
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt ×2
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    40. GruntGrunt ×2
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:55
    45. Mex
    46. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×14
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×3
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. Mex
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. Mex
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. ScorpionScorpion
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Con turret
    66. Mex
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Mex
    69. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:02
    70. Wind
    71. RascalRascal
    72. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    73. Wind
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. RascalRascal ×2
    76. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    77. Wind
    78. RascalRascal ×2
    79. Wind
    80. RascalRascal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GazzGrim's (32 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

GazzGrim

32.1 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
207 metal received · 7749 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

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