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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:39 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. GuardGuard
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×3
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. ThugThug
    20. Mex
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. Con turret ×2
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. ThugThug ×3
    29. WardenWarden
  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 · 140 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug
    3. Solar
    4. ThugThug
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ThugThug
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. ThugThug
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:55
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Energy storage
    17. ThugThug ×5
    18. Wind
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. Wind
    22. GruntGrunt ×3
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 10:00
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×2
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt ×2
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×3
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Mex
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Con turret
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. GruntGruntfor Front
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. GruntGruntfor Front
    56. Mex
    57. GruntGruntfor Front
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. GruntGruntfor Front
    63. Con turret
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×4for Front
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt ×2for Front
    70. GruntGrunt ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Solar
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. Solar
    76. Mex
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGruntfor Front
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. GraverobberGraverobber
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. GuardGuard
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind
    87. GuardGuard
    88. TrasherTrasher
    89. Wind
    90. TrasherTrasher
    91. Wind
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:51
    94. Wind
    95. CastroCastro
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    98. Wind ×2
    99. CastroCastro
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. Con turret ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Wind
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:06
    114. Converter
    115. Con turret
    116. Converter ×2
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Converter ×4
    119. SumoSumonot finished by 15:00
    120. TwitcherTwitcher
    121. Converter ×2
    122. TwitcherTwitcher
    123. Converter
    124. SumoSumo
    125. Converter ×2
    126. SumoSumo ×3
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. SpectreSpectre
    129. FiendFiend ×2
    130. SumoSumo ×3
    131. Con turret
    132. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    133. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    134. Con turret ×2
    135. SumoSumo
    136. Con turret
    137. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    138. AugurRadar bot
    139. DeceiverJammer bot
    140. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is I_pawngame_u's (37 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 7:46 · 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

I_pawngame_u

37.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
369 metal received · 129334 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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