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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 · 1243 distinct matches · 205 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1325 · 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 1243 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 (37%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 43 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Solar
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. GuardGuardfor Pond
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. Con turret
    18. ThugThug
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Mex ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. ThugThug
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. ThugThug
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. ThugThug
    42. SatyrSatyr
    43. Wind
  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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (34%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 82 steps
    1. Converter
    2. ThugThug
    3. Converter
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug
    6. Converter
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Converter
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Con turret
    15. ThugThug
    16. Mex
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. WardenWarden
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug ×3
    27. Wind
    28. CastroCastro
    29. Wind
    30. CastroCastro
    31. Wind ×2
    32. CastroCastro
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Energy storage
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Energy storage
    41. GruntGrunt ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. GruntGrunt ×4
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. AgitatorAgitatordone 11:16
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. Mex
    55. Wind
    56. SAMSAM
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. CastroCastro
    59. Wind
    60. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    61. Wind
    62. CastroCastro
    63. Mex
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×4
    67. Metal storage
    68. GruntGrunt ×3
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. CastroCastro
    72. GruntGrunt ×4
    73. PersecutorPersecutordone 13:43
    74. GruntGrunt ×7
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    78. GruntGrunt ×6
    79. CastroCastro
    80. GruntGrunt ×3
    81. ScorpionScorpion
    82. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Overlord_Abuser's (32 OS, 16/10/2026); 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 7:54 · 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

1325 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002035226173
4:003128752636
5:00428215901400
6:00546125962330
7:00665338143316
8:00784146804348
9:00898453915286
10:001024161006158
11:001161766476953
12:001318272287742
13:001473178518480
14:001618884419065
15:001778591239663
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

Overlord_Abuser

32.2 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
135 metal received · 129456 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=1320
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:04–11:20 · n=820

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