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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:45 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug ×3
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×4
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug
    12. Wind ×2
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. ThugThug ×3
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug ×3
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×3
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. 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
    • 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 · 71 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. TrasherTrasher
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. RocketeerRocketeer
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug
    7. RocketeerRocketeer
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. RocketeerRocketeer
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Wind
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. ThugThug
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:17
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. GraverobberGraverobber
    36. Wind ×2
    37. ThugThug
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Con turret
    40. CastroCastro
    41. ThugThug
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:09 · typical 10:00
    43. Energy storage
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind ×2
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind ×4
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. ThugThug ×3
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Wind
    58. ThugThug
    59. Wind
    60. ThugThug
    61. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:25
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    67. Wind ×7
    68. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (42 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 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

XXMACGAMERXX

42.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
100 metal received · 21778 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

Played most by

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