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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 ×2
    2. 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×5
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. ThugThug ×5
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. ThugThug ×6
  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 · 122 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug ×7
    4. Wind
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. GuardGuard
    37. ThugThug ×2
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug ×2
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×3
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. ThugThug
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:59 · typical 9:59
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. GuardGuard
    50. RocketeerRocketeer
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. Mex
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. Wind
    56. ThugThug
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×3
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×4
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Con turret
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Converter
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind ×2
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. GraverobberGraverobber
    84. Converter
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. GruntGrunt ×2
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt ×3
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. GruntGrunt ×3
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×3
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×4
    103. Wind
    104. GruntGrunt ×2
    105. Pit BullPit Bull
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Con turret
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. GraverobberGraverobber
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:58
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt ×4
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×4
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt ×3
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (35 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 7:45 · 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

Rexalidus

35.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
223 metal received · 12068 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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