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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Mex
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×6
    21. Con turret
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind ×3
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
  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 · 76 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. Mex
    3. ThugThug
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind ×2
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind ×2
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Metal storage
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. ThugThug
    22. Energy storage
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Con turret
    33. JellyfishJellyfish
    34. Con turret
    35. Mex ×2
    36. Converter
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. Converter
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Converter
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    42. Converter ×2
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Converter
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. Con turret
    47. Mex
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    51. Mex
    52. JellyfishJellyfish
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. JellyfishJellyfish
    55. AggravatorAggravator
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. AggravatorAggravator
    58. ThistleThistle
    59. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    60. ThistleThistle
    61. AggravatorAggravator
    62. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    63. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    64. Con turret
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Con turret
    67. GraverobberGraverobber
    68. Con turret
    69. AggravatorAggravator
    70. TrasherTrasher ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 10:00
    72. Con turret
    73. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. TrasherTrasher
    76. Pit BullPit Bull

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaik's (32 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

Vaik

32.2 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

31 received units · includes a constructor
13 metal received · 15944 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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