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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 · 1080 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1151 · 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 1080 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 · 2 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:26 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex ×2
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug
    16. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. GruntGrunt ×11
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
  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 (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 88 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt ×3
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind ×2
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Energy storage
    20. Wind
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    27. Wind
    28. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. AggravatorAggravator
    39. Mex
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. AggravatorAggravator
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. AggravatorAggravator
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. SeekerSeeker
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CastroCastro
    53. Converter
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. JellyfishJellyfish
    56. AggravatorAggravator
    57. Mex
    58. SeekerSeeker
    59. Wind
    60. SweeperSweeper
    61. SeekerSeeker
    62. CastroCastro
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. ThugThug
    65. Wind
    66. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    67. Wind
    68. AggravatorAggravator
    69. Mex
    70. Wind
    71. AggravatorAggravator
    72. Mex
    73. Wind
    74. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    75. Wind
    76. AggravatorAggravator
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    79. Wind ×3
    80. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. Wind ×4
    86. SentrySentry
    87. Wind ×4
    88. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy's (43 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:48 · 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

1151 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733633
5:00428015541400
6:00546825262339
7:00663736483330
8:00782645754369
9:00894453115272
10:001020560256153
11:001156865676916
12:001315870707733
13:001475077628408
14:001634783728971
15:001774489799593
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

JustSomeGuy

42.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
134 metal received · 11504 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=1145
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:15 · n=718

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