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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 · 1080 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1151 · 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 1080 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 (38%) · con turret (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug ×5
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×8
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Con turret
    21. ThugThug ×5
  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 (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. Mexfor Front
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug ×5
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Advanced solar
    8. ThugThug
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    10. Advanced solar
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Advanced solar
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. Advanced solar
    17. ThugThug
    18. Advanced solar
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. ThugThug
    22. Con turret
    23. ThugThug ×8
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:59
    25. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:51
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Construction BotCon bot ×10
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Con turret
    33. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:07
    34. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    37. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    38. Wind
    39. Energy storage
    40. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    41. Con turret
    42. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    43. Con turret
    44. Metal storage
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is realisticjo's (32 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 7:48 · 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

1151 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733633
5:00428015541400
6:00546825262339
7:00663736483330
8:00782645754369
9:00894453115272
10:001020560256153
11:001156865676916
12:001315870707733
13:001475077628408
14:001634783728971
15:001774489799593
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

realisticjo

32.0 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
312 metal received · 6206 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=1145
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:15 · n=718

Played most by

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