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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 · 1016 distinct matches · 176 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1085 · 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 1016 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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Mex
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Mex
    12. GuardGuard ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Solar
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. ThugThug
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GuardGuard
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    37. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    38. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×3
  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 · 107 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    5. Wind
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Con turret
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Con turret
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Con turret
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. UrchinUrchin
    18. Wind
    19. CastroCastro
    20. Solar
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:57
    24. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. AgitatorAgitator
    28. Wind
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind ×2
    31. AgitatorAgitator
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    37. Wind
    38. GuardGuard
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Mex
    41. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:56
    42. RascalRascal ×8
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. RascalRascal ×10
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. RascalRascal ×3
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    48. RascalRascal ×8
    49. Wind
    50. RascalRascal ×4
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    54. RascalRascal
    55. Wind
    56. RascalRascal ×4
    57. Wind
    58. RascalRascal ×5
    59. Wind
    60. RascalRascal ×3
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Wind
    63. RascalRascal ×3
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:21 · typical 9:59
    65. RascalRascal
    66. CastroCastro
    67. Wind
    68. RascalRascal
    69. Wind
    70. RascalRascal
    71. BeholderBeholder
    72. Wind
    73. Mex
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. RascalRascal ×3
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. RascalRascal
    79. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    80. Wind
    81. RascalRascal
    82. Wind
    83. SentrySentry
    84. RascalRascal
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Wind
    90. BeholderBeholder
    91. RascalRascal
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced solar
    94. RascalRascal
    95. BeholderBeholder
    96. RascalRascal
    97. Wind
    98. RascalRascal
    99. BeholderBeholder
    100. Wind
    101. RascalRascal ×3
    102. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    103. Wind
    104. RascalRascal
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. RascalRascal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hox2's (32 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

1085 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002033216172
4:003122732632
5:00427615381413
6:00546125002345
7:00664936083330
8:00782645654356
9:00896452905260
10:001023859936158
11:001160665386969
12:001316969977740
13:001478676358411
14:001655283038971
15:001785289169599
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

hox2

32.1 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units · includes a constructor
761 metal received · 16962 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=1080
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:13 · n=687

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