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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 · 1150 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1228 · 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 1150 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 0:19 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 (37%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Solar
    4. GruntGrunt ×4
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Mex
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    15. Mex
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. ThugThug ×4
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. ThugThug
    20. Mex
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    25. Solar
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. 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 (41%) · 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 · 105 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:58
    25. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    26. Advanced solar
    27. Wind
    28. WolverineWolverine
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced solar
    31. WolverineWolverine ×3
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. WolverineWolverine
    38. Converter
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Converter
    43. Mex
    44. Converter
    45. ThistleThistle
    46. Wind
    47. WolverineWolverine
    48. Converter
    49. IncisorIncisor
    50. EradicatorEradicator
    51. ThistleThistle
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. IncisorIncisor
    55. ThistleThistle
    56. Converter
    57. IncisorIncisor
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. IncisorIncisor
    61. Wind
    62. IncisorIncisor
    63. Wind ×2
    64. IncisorIncisor ×2
    65. Wind
    66. IncisorIncisor
    67. Wind ×2
    68. IncisorIncisor ×2
    69. Wind
    70. IncisorIncisor
    71. Wind
    72. IncisorIncisor
    73. Wind
    74. IncisorIncisor ×2
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:04
    77. IncisorIncisor
    78. Wind ×7
    79. IncisorIncisor
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:57 · typical 10:02
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    84. Wind ×11
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind ×3
    87. SheldonSheldondone 11:34
    88. Wind ×2
    89. SheldonSheldon
    90. Wind
    91. SheldonSheldon ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. SheldonSheldon
    96. Wind
    97. DeceiverJammer bot
    98. Wind ×16
    99. Con turret
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Energy storage
    103. Wind ×3
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Wind ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nooby442's (33 OS, 12/09/2026); 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 7:49 · 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

1228 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003130744635
5:00428215631402
6:00547125682344
7:00665337803333
8:00783546494355
9:00895053705265
10:001020360856146
11:001156766136916
12:001314971607728
13:001470977668409
14:001623583978911
15:001772990299544
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

Nooby442

32.9 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
294 metal received · 75014 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=1223
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=755

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