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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GuardGuard
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. ThugThug
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. GuardGuard
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. ThugThug
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. Mex ×2
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. Mex
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. GraverobberGraverobber
    40. 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 · 151 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. ThugThug
    4. Mex
    5. ThugThug
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard ×2
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. ThugThug
    20. Con turret
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. ThugThug
    25. Con turret
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced solar
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind ×2
    33. ThugThug
    34. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:22
    35. Wind ×2
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Wind
    38. Mex
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind ×2
    41. ThugThug
    42. GuardGuard
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind ×2
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Wind ×2
    52. ThugThug
    53. Wind ×2
    54. ThugThug
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Wind
    60. GuardGuard
    61. Wind
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. GuardGuard
    64. Wind ×2
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. GuardGuard
    67. Wind ×2
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. GuardGuard
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. TwitcherTwitcher
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    82. Wind ×2
    83. SumoSumodone 9:56
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:54
    85. Wind ×2
    86. SumoSumo
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. ThistleThistle
    92. Wind ×4
    93. FiendFiend
    94. Wind ×2
    95. FiendFiend
    96. Wind ×4
    97. FiendFiend
    98. Wind
    99. CastroCastro
    100. Wind ×2
    101. FiendFiend
    102. Wind
    103. Energy storage
    104. FiendFiend
    105. Wind
    106. FiendFiend
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    110. FiendFiend
    111. Wind
    112. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:27 · typical 9:59
    113. Wind ×2
    114. FiendFiend
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. FiendFiend
    119. Wind ×7
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. ScorpionScorpion
    124. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:55
    125. Wind ×2
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. CastroCastro
    128. GruntGrunt ×2
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. BeholderBeholder
    134. GruntGrunt ×2
    135. BeholderBeholder
    136. GruntGrunt ×3
    137. GraverobberGraverobber
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Con turret
    140. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    141. GruntGrunt ×8
    142. Con turret
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    145. GraverobberGraverobber
    146. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:49
    147. CastroCastro
    148. GruntGrunt ×5
    149. Con turret
    150. GruntGrunt ×5
    151. GraverobberGraverobber

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hox2's (32 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 7:45 · 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

32.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
383 metal received · 15506 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

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