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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 · 1096 distinct matches · 189 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1168 · 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 1096 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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · typical 0:37
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • 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 (38%) · con turret (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Wind ×2
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    21. ThugThug ×3
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GuardGuard
    27. ThugThug ×6
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GuardGuard
    31. 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
    • Thug12 Thug
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 53 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Mex
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. ThugThug
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug
    53. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (40 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:48 · 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

1168 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003128735632
5:00428215541392
6:00547725252338
7:00664936513321
8:00782845834359
9:00895053165258
10:001021460306149
11:001156865676916
12:001313870687728
13:001473177538412
14:001625883708963
15:001771089789588
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

XXMACGAMERXX

40.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
242 metal received · 4401 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=1163
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:01–11:16 · n=724

Played most by

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