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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 · 1162 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1240 · 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 1162 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×9
  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

    Some games also: grunt (49%) · aggravator (42%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 122 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug
    10. Con turret
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. ThistleThistle
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. ThistleThistle
    17. ThugThug
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Mex
    20. ThugThug
    21. Con turret
    22. ThugThug ×3
    23. RocketeerRocketeer
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. CenturionCenturion
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. CenturionCenturion
    40. Converter
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Converter
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. ThugThug
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind ×2
    49. ThistleThistle
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind ×3
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×2
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Metal storage
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. Energy storage
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Converter
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Converter
    74. GruntGrunt
    75. Con turret
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. TrasherTrasher ×2
    86. Wind
    87. TrasherTrasher
    88. Wind
    89. TrasherTrasher
    90. Wind ×2
    91. TrasherTrasher
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Converter
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Converter
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×4
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Con turret
    106. GruntGrunt ×3
    107. Wind
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt ×2
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt ×2
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Con turret
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Converter
    122. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (45 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 7:50 · in 54% 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

1240 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003129744635
5:00428115631401
6:00546325682341
7:00664937803332
8:00783546614355
9:00895553735265
10:001020360896152
11:001156766316920
12:001313871707734
13:001467577778422
14:001617584038963
15:001768390549564
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

xabre

45.2 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

25 received units
172 metal received · 40469 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1235
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=760

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