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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 · 31 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Mex
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Mex
    16. GuardGuard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×8
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Energy storage
    30. Exploiter
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 150 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. WardenWarden
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Wind
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. Wind
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Wind
    15. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:48
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Wind
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Converter
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×9
    37. Converter
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    39. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    40. JellyfishJellyfish
    41. Converter
    42. CastroCastro
    43. Converter
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:49
    45. JellyfishJellyfish
    46. Mex
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. JellyfishJellyfish
    51. Wind
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:01 · typical 10:00
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt ×2
    62. Mex
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Con turret
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Wind
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:09
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. PawnPawn
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. Exploiter
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    101. Wind
    102. GraverobberGraverobber
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. PawnPawn
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. PawnPawn
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. PawnPawn
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Con turret
    120. PawnPawn
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. GruntGrunt ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt ×2
    128. PawnPawn
    129. Wind
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Con turret
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind
    137. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    138. PawnPawn
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    141. Wind
    142. PawnPawn
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Con turret
    145. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    146. PawnPawn
    147. LazarusLazarus
    148. Con turret
    149. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    150. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (34 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

RockFish

33.9 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
59 metal received · 37963 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

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