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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. GuardGuard
    11. GruntGrunt ×2
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Mex
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. ThugThug ×3
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. BeholderBeholder
    25. ThugThug
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. ThugThug
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. ThugThug
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    31. ThugThug
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. GuardGuard
    34. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    35. ThugThug ×7
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. GuardGuard
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. 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 · 121 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Wind
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard ×2
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Con turret
    14. ThugThug
    15. BeholderBeholder
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    20. ThugThug
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×4
    25. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    26. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:42
    27. Wind
    28. CastroCastro
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:43
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. MuskratMuskrat
    38. Wind
    39. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    40. RascalRascal ×2
    41. Wind
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Metal storage
    44. RascalRascal ×2
    45. Wind
    46. RascalRascal
    47. Mex
    48. RascalRascal
    49. Wind
    50. RascalRascal
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Con turret
    57. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    58. BeholderBeholder
    59. Wind ×2
    60. JellyfishJellyfish
    61. Wind
    62. IncisorIncisor
    63. Wind
    64. GuardGuard
    65. IncisorIncisor
    66. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:30
    67. Metal storage
    68. Wind
    69. IncisorIncisor
    70. Wind
    71. GuardGuard
    72. IncisorIncisor
    73. Wind
    74. GuardGuard
    75. IncisorIncisor
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    78. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    79. Wind ×3
    80. ObscurerJammer
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. OmenRadar vehicle
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:18
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    93. Con turret
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. Wind
    96. ObscurerJammer
    97. Wind ×2
    98. OmenRadar vehicle
    99. Wind ×2
    100. QuakerQuakerdone 13:06
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. QuakerQuaker
    104. Wind ×2
    105. ObscurerJammer
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. OmenRadar vehicle
    109. ObscurerJammer
    110. NegotiatorNegotiatordone 14:05
    111. Wind
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    113. Wind ×2
    114. TzarTzarnot finished by 15:00
    115. NegotiatorNegotiator
    116. Wind ×3
    117. SalamanderSalamander
    118. Wind ×2
    119. SalamanderSalamander
    120. Wind
    121. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hox2's (32 OS, 07/10/2026); 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

hox2

32.3 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
635 metal received · 33521 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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