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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, 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 0:36
  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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug ×5
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. TrasherTrasher
    14. Mex
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GruntGrunt ×2
    19. PawnPawn
    20. GruntGrunt ×3
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. ThugThug ×3
    24. Solar
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GuardGuard
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. Wind
    29. 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 · 118 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Wind
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Con turret
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. GruntGrunt ×3
    22. ThugThug ×6
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. ThugThug ×16
    25. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:40 · typical 10:00
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. Energy storage
    29. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Mex
    36. GruntGrunt ×3
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Solar
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Solar
    42. Mex
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Advanced solar
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Advanced solar
    50. GuardGuard
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. GuardGuard
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Advanced solar
    55. GuardGuard
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    58. GruntGrunt ×3
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Mex
    61. Con turret
    62. Advanced solar
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. GuardGuard
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Con turret
    68. GuardGuard
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Con turret
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. GraverobberGraverobber
    77. Advanced solar
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. GuardGuard
    80. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    81. Advanced solar
    82. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:57
    83. ThugThug
    84. JunoJuno
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced solar
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. PawnPawn ×3
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    93. JanusJanus
    94. RocketeerRocketeer
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:53
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Advanced solar
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. RocketeerRocketeer
    106. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. SentrySentry
    115. BlitzBlitz
    116. RocketeerRocketeer
    117. BruteBrute
    118. RocketeerRocketeer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 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 7:46 · 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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_

65.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
849 metal received · 94729 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

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