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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 · 1040 distinct matches · 181 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1109 · 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 1040 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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. GuardGuard
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Mex
    15. GruntGrunt ×4
    16. GuardGuard
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GuardGuard ×2
    22. ThugThug
    23. Mex
    24. ThugThug
    25. GuardGuard ×2
    26. ThugThug ×3
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    30. ThugThug
  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 · 106 steps
    1. ThugThug ×3
    2. Mex
    3. Con turret
    4. ThugThug
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    8. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:17
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GruntGrunt ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. ThugThug
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind ×2
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. Mex
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Wind ×2
    36. TrasherTrasher
    37. Wind ×2
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. GraverobberGraverobber
    42. Mex
    43. Wind
    44. GuardGuard
    45. Wind
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. ThugThug
    56. Wind
    57. ThugThug
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. AggravatorAggravator
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. AggravatorAggravator
    64. Wind
    65. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Wind
    68. TrasherTrasher
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind ×2
    71. GruntGrunt ×2
    72. Wind ×2
    73. GruntGrunt ×2
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind ×2
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind ×2
    78. ThugThug
    79. AggravatorAggravator
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:06 · typical 9:59
    82. Mex
    83. Wind
    84. AggravatorAggravator
    85. Wind
    86. Mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. TrasherTrasher
    89. Wind ×6
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Wind ×4
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    97. Wind ×6
    98. Mex
    99. Wind ×5
    100. Mex
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind ×5
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is alexandar's (30 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

1109 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002034216172
4:003123732629
5:00427615401402
6:00546125102340
7:00663236373323
8:00782645654355
9:00894152905259
10:001021259936155
11:001156865466953
12:001313570067734
13:001473876918408
14:001637283178923
15:001774489569568
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

alexandar

30.0 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
73 metal received · 19865 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=1103
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:01–11:14 · n=693

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