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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 · 1024 distinct matches · 177 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1093 · 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 1024 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex ×3
    6. GruntGrunt ×2for Pond
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×4
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. ThugThug ×3
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. 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
    • 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 · 92 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. ThugThug ×6
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    12. Wind
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. Converter
    18. ThugThug
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Mex
    21. GruntGrunt ×2
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. ThugThug
    28. Converter
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Mexfor Front
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind
    53. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:31
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Converter
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. HephaestusHeavy transport
    64. Converter
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Converter
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Mex
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Converter
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Converter
    92. GruntGrunt ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (32 OS, 13/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1093 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732630
5:00427615381403
6:00546125002345
7:00663736383330
8:00782245654356
9:00894752905260
10:001021459936157
11:001158865386956
12:001316369977738
13:001476176358409
14:001649683038955
15:001781788919587
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

Vaticineur

32.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
99 metal received · 4984 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=1088
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:13 · n=689

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Standard suicide front · Cortex Suicide front build order · BAR Build Atlas