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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 ×4
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt ×4
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. ThugThug
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. ThugThug
    8. Con turret
    9. ThugThug
    10. Energy storage
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. TrasherTrasher ×3
    15. ThugThug
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. ThugThug
    20. Mex
    21. ThugThug
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. 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
    • 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 · 99 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    16. Wind
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug ×2
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug ×3
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug ×3
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug ×3
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. ThugThug
    46. Wind
    47. ThugThug
    48. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. ThugThug
    56. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    57. Wind
    58. ThugThug ×2
    59. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    60. Wind
    61. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    62. ThugThug
    63. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    64. Wind
    65. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    66. GraverobberGraverobber
    67. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Front
    68. Wind
    69. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    70. ThugThug
    71. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. Wind
    80. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    81. ThugThug
    82. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    83. Wind
    84. RocketeerRocketeerfor Front
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    86. ThugThug ×2
    87. Wind
    88. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    89. ThugThug
    90. Wind
    91. ThugThug
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. Wind
    94. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    95. ThugThug
    96. Wind
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. ThugThug ×2
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:59

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sinobi's (36 OS, 29/08/2026); 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

Sinobi

35.8 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
32 metal received · 40857 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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