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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:02 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. ThugThug
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Energy storage
    29. ThugThug
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug ×2
    45. Con turret
  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 · 104 steps
    1. ThugThug ×3
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:30
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. ThistleThistle
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug ×2
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. ThistleThistle
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Con turret
    36. ThugThug
    37. Con turret
    38. ThugThug
    39. Mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. TrasherTrasher ×2
    42. Wind ×2
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:31 · typical 9:59
    47. Wind
    48. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:38
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. Mex
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret
    54. AggravatorAggravator
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. GruntGrunt ×4
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt ×3
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:08
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. JellyfishJellyfish
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Con turret
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Con turret
    69. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    72. CastroCastro
    73. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:44
    76. FiendFiendfor Geo
    77. FiendFiend ×8
    78. SumoSumodone 11:56
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    80. SumoSumo
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    86. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 13:42
    87. Con turret
    88. FiendFiend ×2
    89. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:49
    90. FiendFiend
    91. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:54
    92. PawnPawn ×13
    93. VeilVeil
    94. PawnPawn ×6
    95. Con turret
    96. PawnPawn ×13
    97. Con turret
    98. PawnPawn ×3
    99. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:54
    100. PawnPawn ×3
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Con turret
    104. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is dzikiTygrys12's (32 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

dzikiTygrys12

32.2 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 54373 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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