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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GuardGuard
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt ×4
    9. GuardGuard
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Mex ×2
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Mex
    17. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. ThugThug
    20. GuardGuard
    21. ThugThug ×4
    22. WardenWarden
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. ThugThug ×4
  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 · 123 steps
    1. ThugThug ×4
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Converter
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. GraverobberGraverobber
    39. Wind
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Wind
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. Wind
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. Wind
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:00
    52. ThugThug
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Mex
    57. ThugThug
    58. MaceMace
    59. Wind
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. RocketeerRocketeer
    62. ThugThug
    63. GraverobberGraverobber
    64. Wind
    65. ThugThug
    66. RocketeerRocketeer
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. RocketeerRocketeer
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. GraverobberGraverobber
    73. AggravatorAggravator
    74. ThugThug
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind
    78. ThugThug
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. ThugThug ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Mex
    83. Wind
    84. ThugThug
    85. GuardGuard
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. GuardGuard
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. ThugThug
    90. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. ThugThug
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. ThugThug
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Wind
    98. ThugThug
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Con turret
    103. GruntGrunt ×3
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt ×2
    106. ThugThug
    107. GruntGrunt ×3
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. RocketeerRocketeer
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. GraverobberGraverobber
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt ×2
    118. AgitatorAgitatordone 14:34
    119. GruntGrunt ×3
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00
    121. GruntGrunt ×8
    122. GuardGuard
    123. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SK0NK's (32 OS, 18/08/2026); 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

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

SK0NK

31.6 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

35 received units · includes a constructor
909 metal received · 4442 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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