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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 · 1162 distinct matches · 191 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1240 · 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 1162 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 0:18 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 43 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Wind
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×2
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. PawnPawn
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. Wind
    33. WardenWarden
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    36. Wind
    37. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    38. GuardGuard
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction BotCon bot
  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 (42%) · 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 · 132 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GuardGuard ×3
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:17
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Wind
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. ThistleThistle
    12. Wind
    13. ThistleThistle
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×3
    35. Converter
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:06
    38. GuardGuard
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 10:02
    41. Converter
    42. IncisorIncisor
    43. GuardGuard
    44. Converter ×5
    45. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    46. Converter
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Energy storage
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×16
    53. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:26
    54. Wind
    55. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:44
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Con turret
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind
    60. GruntGrunt ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind ×2
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. Wind
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind ×3
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. ParalyzerParalyzerdone 13:24
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind ×2
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    96. Wind
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    98. Wind
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:53
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. Wind ×2
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. Wind ×2
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind ×2
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind ×2
    118. GraverobberGraverobber
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Converter
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. GraverobberGraverobber
    129. Converter ×2
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (35 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 7:50 · 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

1240 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002037222173
4:003129744635
5:00428115631401
6:00546325682341
7:00664937803332
8:00783546614355
9:00895553735265
10:001020360896152
11:001156766316920
12:001313871707734
13:001467577778422
14:001617584038963
15:001768390549564
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

RockFish

35.4 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 8729 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=1235
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:03–11:18 · n=760

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