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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 · 1040 distinct matches · 181 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1109 · 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 1040 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Mex
    5. Solar
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug ×4
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×9
    22. Mex
  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 · 95 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×7
    2. ThugThug ×10
    3. Mex
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ThugThug ×5
    7. Con turret
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:59
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Solar
    12. Con turret
    13. SharpshooterSniper botfor Ponddone 9:14
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Mex
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. Metal storage
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug ×2
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug ×2
    58. Wind
    59. ThugThug ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    62. ThugThug ×2
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug ×2
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug ×2
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug ×2
    69. Wind
    70. ThugThug
    71. Converter
    72. ThugThug
    73. Wind
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind ×2
    76. ThugThug ×2
    77. Wind
    78. ThugThug
    79. Converter
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. ThugThug
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. ThugThug
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. ThugThug
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. ThugThug
    93. Converter
    94. ThugThug
    95. Converter ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrontLiner69er's (33 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1109 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732629
5:00427615401402
6:00546125102340
7:00663236373323
8:00782645654355
9:00894152905259
10:001021259936155
11:001156865466953
12:001313570067734
13:001473876918408
14:001637283178923
15:001774489569568
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

FrontLiner69er

33.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
99 metal received · 60671 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=1103
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:14 · n=693

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