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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:37 · 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 · 54 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind ×2
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Con turret
    14. GruntGrunt ×3
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Mex
    28. Wind ×2
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. GuardGuard
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. GuardGuard
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    42. Wind
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. Wind
    45. AggravatorAggravator
    46. Wind
    47. AggravatorAggravator
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×2
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
  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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. ThistleThistle
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt ×4
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. ThugThug
    20. ThistleThistle
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Wind
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is omga's (30 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

omga

30.5 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units
330 metal received · 2965 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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