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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, 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 0:36 · typical 0:36
  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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. ThugThug ×5
    20. GuardGuard
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug
    23. GuardGuard ×2
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. 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
    • 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 · 141 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug ×3
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. ThugThug
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    24. ThugThug
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. ThugThug
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. ThugThug
    33. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    37. ThugThug
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:04 · typical 10:00
    41. ThugThug
    42. Con turret
    43. ThugThug
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. CastroCastro
    47. AgitatorAgitatordone 10:12
    48. ThugThug
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Energy storage
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug
    53. Wind
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug
    58. Converter
    59. GuardGuard
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. GruntGrunt ×2
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt ×3
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt ×2
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×2
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Con turret
    92. GruntGrunt ×4
    93. Con turret
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. GraverobberGraverobber
    96. GruntGrunt ×2
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt ×4
    99. Con turret
    100. GruntGrunt ×4
    101. Con turret
    102. GruntGrunt ×4
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:23
    106. GruntGrunt ×3
    107. RascalRascal
    108. CastroCastro
    109. RascalRascal
    110. GruntGrunt ×2
    111. JellyfishJellyfish
    112. RascalRascal
    113. GruntGrunt ×2
    114. JellyfishJellyfish
    115. RascalRascal
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. RascalRascal
    118. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    119. JellyfishJellyfish
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. RascalRascal
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. RascalRascal
    124. GraverobberGraverobber
    125. RascalRascal ×2
    126. JellyfishJellyfish
    127. GraverobberGraverobber
    128. RascalRascal
    129. AgitatorAgitator
    130. GraverobberGraverobber
    131. RascalRascal ×2
    132. GraverobberGraverobber
    133. RascalRascal
    134. GraverobberGraverobber
    135. RascalRascal
    136. GraverobberGraverobber
    137. RascalRascal
    138. GraverobberGraverobber
    139. RascalRascal
    140. GraverobberGraverobber
    141. RascalRascal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ubilosis's (31 OS, 10/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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

Ubilosis

30.7 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1091 metal received · 33758 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

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