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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 0:40 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×8
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×6
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×9
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×4
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. ThugThug
    15. TrasherTrasher
    16. ThugThug ×4
  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 · 110 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Con turret
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Energy storage
    14. Wind
    15. JellyfishJellyfish
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. JellyfishJellyfish
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. TrasherTrasher
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. CastroCastro
    33. Wind
    34. Energy storage
    35. Wind
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. EradicatorEradicator
    42. Wind
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. WardenWarden
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. Energy storage
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Converter
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Converter
    71. Mex
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. AggravatorAggravator
    78. Metal storage
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. GruntGrunt ×4
    82. Wind
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. GraverobberGraverobber
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt ×4
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Con turret
    92. GruntGrunt ×2
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×5
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt ×5
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt ×4
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind ×6
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind ×3
    107. GraverobberGraverobber
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    110. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (30 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

annie_may_tydease

30.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
1572 metal received · 28201 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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