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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 · 1024 distinct matches · 177 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1093 · 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 1024 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 ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Pond
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×3
    18. Wind
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 22 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    5. Windfor Pond
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThugfor Pond
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThugfor Pond
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2for Pond
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Wind ×2for Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (39 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

1093 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732630
5:00427615381403
6:00546125002345
7:00663736383330
8:00782245654356
9:00894752905260
10:001021459936157
11:001158865386956
12:001316369977738
13:001476176358409
14:001649683038955
15:001781788919587
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

AinzIsHere

39.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
80 metal received · 2292 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=1088
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:13 · n=689

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