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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt ×6
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Con turret
    6. GruntGrunt ×3
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Wind
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Wind
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. GuardGuard
    35. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. GuardGuard
  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 · 49 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    5. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Con turret
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    10. GuardGuard
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. GuardGuard
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Mex
    19. Con turret
    20. Mex ×2
    21. WardenWarden
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:47
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Mex
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    28. Mex
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:41
    31. GuardGuard
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    33. Advanced solar
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. GruntGrunt ×4
    40. Advanced solar
    41. GruntGrunt ×13
    42. Advanced solar
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Mex
    45. GruntGrunt ×4
    46. Advanced solar
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:59
    49. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is cooolcat1239's (31 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

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

cooolcat1239

30.7 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

46 received units · includes a constructor
109 metal received · 12077 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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