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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 · 1050 distinct matches · 184 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1119 · 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 1050 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 0:39 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×4
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×8
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×8
    13. TrasherTrasher
    14. ThugThug ×2
  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 · 139 steps
    1. ThugThug ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. ThugThug
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug ×4
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Energy storage
    10. ThugThug
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind
    19. TrasherTrasher
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. CastroCastro
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt ×2
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt ×2
    38. Converter
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Converter
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Con turret
    48. Converter
    49. GruntGrunt
    50. Wind
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Converter
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Converter
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. Converter
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:04 · typical 9:59
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Energy storage
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Mex
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. GraverobberGraverobber
    78. Wind
    79. Energy storage
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind ×4
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×2
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. GruntGrunt ×3
    94. TrasherTrasher
    95. Wind
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×2
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×3
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind
    109. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:23
    110. GruntGrunt ×3
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt ×2
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Wind
    122. GruntGrunt ×2
    123. ArbalestArbalest
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt ×2
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt ×2
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt ×3
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. MercuryMercurynot finished by 15:00
    137. GruntGrunt ×2
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (31 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

1119 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

30.7 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
344 metal received · 8915 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=1113
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 8:59–11:14 · n=699

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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on