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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 · 1162 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1240 · 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 1162 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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 48 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt ×3
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. GuardGuard
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. GuardGuard
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Converter
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Converter
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
  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
    • Thug12 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (49%) · aggravator (42%) · 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 · 43 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. ThugThug ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. ThugThug
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug
    11. Con turret
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Wind
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. GruntGrunt ×3
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×2
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GruntGrunt ×2
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. WardenWarden
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Salosin's (33 OS, 11/09/2026); 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 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:50 · 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

1240 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003129744635
5:00428115631401
6:00546325682341
7:00664937803332
8:00783546614355
9:00895553735265
10:001020360896152
11:001156766316920
12:001313871707734
13:001467577778422
14:001617584038963
15:001768390549564
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

Salosin

32.7 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
149 metal received · 5677 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=1235
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=760

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