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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 42 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. GuardGuard
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. GuardGuard
    26. PawnPawn
    27. Energy storage
    28. ThugThug
    29. Mex
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug
    33. Mex
    34. GuardGuard
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. GuardGuard
    37. ThugThug
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. ThugThug
    40. Con turret
    41. ThugThug ×7
    42. 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
    • 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 · 155 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind ×2
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. ThugThug
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Converter
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Converter
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. Wind ×2
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Converter
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind ×2
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Converter
    50. GruntGrunt ×3
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:23 · typical 10:02
    60. Converter
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Wind
    63. GraverobberGraverobber
    64. Wind ×2
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind ×2
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Converter
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind ×2
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind ×3
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Con turret
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind
    114. Metal storage
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind ×3
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Converter
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Wind
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Wind ×2
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Converter
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Con turret
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt ×2
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:05
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    142. GruntGrunt ×10
    143. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    144. GruntGrunt ×11
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. GruntGrunt ×11
    147. Con turret
    148. GruntGrunt ×3
    149. Con turret
    150. GruntGrunt ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. GruntGrunt ×4
    153. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Construction BotCon bot

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon's (35 OS, 15/10/2026); 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 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

AbyssFalcon

35.2 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
17 metal received · 10589 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

Played most by

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