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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labfor Airdone 0:20 · 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 · 35 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Air
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    7. Mex
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt ×5
    11. Mexfor Air
    12. Mex
    13. GruntGrunt ×4
    14. GraverobberGraverobberfor Air
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Windfor Air
    17. Mex
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    23. Windfor Air
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Windfor Air
    26. ThugThug ×3
    27. Windfor Air
    28. ThugThug ×3
    29. Windfor Air
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. Mex
    33. ThugThug
    34. Windfor Air
    35. 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 · 48 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Windfor Air
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Con turretfor Air
    6. ThugThug
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. ThugThug
    9. Converterfor Air
    10. ThugThug
    11. Windfor Air
    12. ThugThug
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Mexfor Air
    15. Windfor Air
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Windfor Air
    18. ThugThug
    19. Windfor Air
    20. ThugThug
    21. Converterfor Air
    22. ThugThug
    23. Converterfor Air
    24. ThugThug
    25. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Air
    26. Converterfor Air
    27. ThugThug
    28. Converterfor Air
    29. Windfor Air
    30. ThugThug
    31. CastroCastrofor Air
    32. Windfor Air
    33. Mexfor Air
    34. ThugThug
    35. Windfor Air
    36. ThugThug
    37. Windfor Air
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. Windfor Air
    40. ThugThug ×2
    41. Windfor Air
    42. ThugThug ×3
    43. Windfor Air
    44. ThugThug ×2
    45. Windfor Air
    46. ThugThug ×2for Air
    47. Converterfor Air
    48. ThugThug ×2for Air

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Chancho's (33 OS, 03/09/2026); 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

Chancho

32.7 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
166 metal received · 8875 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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