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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 · 1024 distinct matches · 177 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1093 · 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 1024 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:36 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GuardGuard
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex ×2
    17. ThugThug
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Mex
    21. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Mex
  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 · 159 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. ThugThug
    3. WhistlerMissile truck
    4. ThugThug
    5. Con turret
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. ThugThug
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:45
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. GuardGuard
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. GuardGuard
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. GuardGuard
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt ×2
    72. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. GraverobberGraverobber
    76. Mex
    77. Wind
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×2
    83. MaceMace
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt ×2
    86. MaceMace
    87. Wind
    88. Metal storage
    89. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:43
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn
    93. Con turret
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:02
    98. PawnPawn
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. RocketeerRocketeer
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×3
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt ×4
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt ×5
    110. Wind
    111. GruntGrunt ×3
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    113. GruntGrunt ×2
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt ×3
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt ×4
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt ×4
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt ×3
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt ×3
    124. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt ×4
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt ×2
    130. Wind
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Con turret
    133. GruntGrunt ×2
    134. Wind
    135. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 13:03
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt ×3
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt ×3
    143. Wind
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. GruntGrunt ×2
    146. Wind
    147. GruntGrunt ×4
    148. FiendFiend
    149. GruntGrunt
    150. Wind
    151. GruntGrunt ×2
    152. FiendFiend
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Wind
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. FiendFiend
    157. GruntGrunt ×2
    158. Wind
    159. FiendFiend

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Flerpz'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 7:45 · 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

1093 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732630
5:00427615381403
6:00546125002345
7:00663736383330
8:00782245654356
9:00894752905260
10:001021459936157
11:001158865386956
12:001316369977738
13:001476176358409
14:001649683038955
15:001781788919587
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

Flerpz

32.0 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
49 metal received · 13208 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=1088
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:13 · n=689

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