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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 · 1209 distinct matches · 198 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1290 · 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 1209 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug16 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (38%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt ×5
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×7
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. GruntGrunt ×4
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Wind
    22. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×4
    27. Wind
    28. 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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 135 steps
    1. Wind
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. ThugThug
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. GruntGrunt ×3
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. ThugThug
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Wind
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Wind
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. GruntGrunt ×2
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×3
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. AggravatorAggravator
    43. Wind
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. ThugThug
    46. Wind
    47. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×3
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt ×2
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt ×2
    57. AggravatorAggravator
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Con turret
    73. Metal storage
    74. Wind
    75. Con turret
    76. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    77. Wind
    78. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    79. Wind
    80. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:07
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt ×3
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. ScorpionScorpion
    96. GruntGrunt ×3
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt ×3
    99. Energy storage
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. ShroudShroud
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind ×2
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind ×2
    117. GruntGrunt ×2
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind ×2
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. GraverobberGraverobber
    124. Wind ×2
    125. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    126. Wind ×2
    127. GruntGrunt ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. GruntGrunt ×3
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. GruntGrunt ×3
    134. Wind ×2
    135. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xsicer's (30 OS, 20/08/2026); 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 7:52 · in 54% 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

1290 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0094400
3:002037225173
4:003131746635
5:00428615901402
6:00547125992331
7:00665338153327
8:00784346894355
9:00899154155289
10:001024061086156
11:001160066796955
12:001316472047736
13:001465378468447
14:001614784199001
15:001768390979591
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

Xsicer

30.3 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
236 metal received · 30809 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1285
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:04–11:18 · n=794

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