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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 · 1 step
    1. Mex ×3
  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 · 16 steps
    1. Windfor Front
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Frontdone 0:49 · typical 0:36
    3. GuardGuardfor Front
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×2
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×4
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×9
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. ThugThug ×2
    15. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    16. ThugThug ×3
  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 · 74 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. ThugThug ×4
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    9. ThugThug ×6
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Frontdone 9:54 · typical 10:00
    14. ThugThug
    15. Solar
    16. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    18. Solar
    19. Mex
    20. Solar ×3
    21. Construction BotCon bot ×3for Front
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    26. Windfor Front
    27. GuardGuard ×2
    28. Windfor Front
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind ×2for Front
    31. GuardGuard
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Windfor Front
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Windfor Front
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Windfor Front
    38. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:35
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind ×3for Front
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Windfor Front
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Windfor Front
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Windfor Front
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Windfor Front
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Con turretfor Front
    53. Windfor Front
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    55. Windfor Front
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Front
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Windfor Front
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Front
    63. Windfor Front
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. GuardGuard
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Wind ×2for Front
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. GruntGruntfor Front
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Windfor Front
    73. GruntGruntfor Front
    74. Windfor Front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AinzIsHere's (42 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

AinzIsHere

42.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 15450 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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