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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 · 204 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1324 · 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:43 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×5
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex ×2
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×5
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Con turret
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. 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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · 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 · 115 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Mex
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. Wind ×3
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Mex
    24. Energy storage
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Energy storage
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. ThugThug
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. ThugThug
    34. PawnPawn
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Mex
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:33 · typical 10:04
    39. ThugThug
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Mex
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. CenturionCenturion
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. GuardGuard
    52. Wind
    53. GraverobberGraverobber
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. MaceMace
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. ThugThug
    61. MaceMace
    62. Wind
    63. Construction BotCon bot
    64. GruntGrunt ×4
    65. Con turret
    66. GruntGrunt ×5
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×9
    69. Wind
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Con turret
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Con turret
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Con turret
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 12:53
    81. Wind ×3
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind ×2
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:30
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Mex
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. TwitcherTwitcher
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Con turret ×2
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Con turret
    108. Mex
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Con turret
    111. VeilVeil
    112. GruntGrunt ×2
    113. Fusion ReactorFusion
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is StonedChimp's (31 OS, 23/08/2026); 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 7:54 · 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

1324 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002036226173
4:003129751636
5:00428615931401
6:00546225972329
7:00665138153313
8:00783946834351
9:00897954155286
10:001024061036160
11:001161266506955
12:001317172347743
13:001472878608479
14:001615684739062
15:001775991479653
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

StonedChimp

30.6 OS · 23/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
635 metal received · 74660 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=1319
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:04–11:20 · n=820

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