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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (32 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

realisticjo

32.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
260 metal received · 7581 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

Played most by

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