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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 0:35 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Con turret
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    20. Mex
    21. TrasherTrasher
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. GruntGrunt ×3
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. Mex
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Mex
    41. Wind
    42. GuardGuard
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. 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
    • 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 · 135 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Con turret
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Con turret
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Advanced solar
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×3
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt ×2
    42. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. Energy storage
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09 · typical 10:04
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. ThistleThistle
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Advanced solar
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. GruntGrunt ×5
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GruntGrunt ×8
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    63. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    64. GruntGrunt ×3
    65. Advanced solar
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Advanced solar
    72. GruntGrunt ×3
    73. Advanced solar
    74. GruntGrunt ×3
    75. GraverobberGraverobber
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. GraverobberGraverobber
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. GraverobberGraverobber
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:19
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Con turret
    100. GruntGrunt ×5
    101. Con turret
    102. GruntGrunt ×4
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt ×3
    105. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:04
    106. GruntGrunt ×3
    107. CenturionCenturion
    108. GruntGrunt ×4
    109. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    110. GruntGrunt ×3
    111. Wind
    112. JellyfishJellyfish
    113. Wind
    114. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 14:51
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Converter
    118. CenturionCenturion
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Wind
    124. Converter ×2
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind
    128. Con turret
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind
    132. FiendFiend
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Converter
    135. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 15/10/2026); 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

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

_Hawkey_

64.9 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
371 metal received · 22075 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

Played most by

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