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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sevendcell's (30 OS, 12/10/2026); 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

Sevendcell

30.0 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
73 metal received · 11051 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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