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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. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 42 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Wind
    23. GuardGuard
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. LazarusLazarus
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug ×4
    34. Energy storage
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. CenturionCenturion
    37. ThugThug
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. MaceMace
    40. ThugThug
    41. PawnPawn
    42. ThugThug ×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 · 100 steps
    1. ThugThug ×9
    2. ThistleThistle
    3. ThugThug
    4. Con turret
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. PawnPawn
    7. ThugThug
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. ThugThug
    13. MaceMace
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:56
    17. Converter
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Wind
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    26. Mex
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Converter
    30. Mex
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    38. Wind
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:00
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:47
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Converter
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Converter
    67. Mex
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind
    75. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    76. Wind
    77. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    78. Converter
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Wind
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. PersecutorPersecutor
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Converter
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. PersecutorPersecutor
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon's (35 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

AbyssFalcon

35.2 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
105 metal received · 9601 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

Played most by

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