Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

0:03Open 3 mex, then rush Bot Lab almost immediately.
by 0:39Finish Bot Lab and start pushing Thug, Grunt, Aggravator.
2:00+Send units straight to middle to contest and stop leaks.
9:40Eat the Bot Lab for metal if 32% of games reach that point.
by 9:51Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once middle is stable.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1050 GAMES

1
20:21
35:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:21
Economy
- 2Mex
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:21after 2 mexdone ~0:37, middle half 0:27–0:45
By 0:21 in all: 2 mex
The example game in this phase · 1 step
1. 0:03Bot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:37
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:21 – 5:00
Economy
- 3Mex
- 2Wind
Builders
- 4 Graverobber
- 3 Con bot
Army
- 3 Guard
- 16 Thug
- 3 Grunt
Other
- 1 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 · 30 steps
1. 0:21Wind
2. 0:23Grunt
3. 0:27Wind
4. 0:31Graverobber
5. 0:33Mex ×3
6. 0:51Con bot
7. 1:06Grunt
8. 1:09Con bot
9. 1:18Grunt
10. 1:22Con bot
11. 1:31Grunt
12. 1:34Graverobber
13. 1:40Thug ×3
14. 2:10Graverobber
15. 2:14Mex
16. 2:22Thug ×4
17. 2:58Graverobber
18. 3:07Thug
19. 3:17Mex
20. 3:18Thug ×2
21. 3:33Grunt
22. 3:37Thug
23. 3:37Grunt
24. 3:41Thug ×3
25. 4:05Graverobber
26. 4:13Thug
27. 4:18Guard
28. 4:20Thug
29. 4:27Grunt ×2
30. 4:35Thug ×5
3
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 12Wind
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 3 Graverobber
- 1 Con bot
Army
- 1 Guard
- 11 Thug
- 1 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 · 141 steps
1. 5:03Thug
2. 5:04Mex
3. 5:15Thug ×2
4. 5:42Mex
5. 5:45Thug
6. 5:48Mex
7. 5:48Con turret
8. 5:50Guard ×2
9. 6:00Thug
10. 6:08Grunt
11. 6:14Guard
12. 6:23Graverobber
13. 6:34Wind ×2
14. 6:42Graverobber
15. 6:47Wind
16. 6:56Graverobber
17. 6:59Mex
18. 6:59Converter
19. 7:07Grunt
20. 7:11Wind ×2
21. 7:16Graverobber
22. 7:17Guard
23. 7:20Wind
24. 7:27Grunt
25. 7:28Energy storage
26. 7:29Guard
27. 7:36Mex
28. 7:39Graverobber
29. 7:43Aggravator
30. 7:49Converter
31. 7:56Wind
32. 8:01Guard
33. 8:01Wind
34. 8:02Graverobber
35. 8:08Wind
36. 8:09Agitatorfor Frontdone 8:53
37. 8:14Graverobber
38. 8:23Wind
39. 8:27Converter
40. 8:35Wind
41. 8:38Grunt
42. 8:42Wind
43. 8:55Graverobber
44. 8:55Wind
45. 9:00Mex
46. 9:00Wind
47. 9:07Grunt
48. 9:08Converter
49. 9:09Thug
50. 9:16Graverobber
51. 9:17Con turret
52. 9:18Wind
53. 9:20Dragon's Teeth ×2
54. 9:24Wind
55. 9:28Dragon's Teeth
56. 9:29Graverobber
57. 9:29Dragon's Teeth ×2
58. 9:33Wind
59. 9:34Dragon's Teeth ×4
60. 9:40Grunt
61. 9:42Dragon's Teeth
62. 9:44Converter
63. 9:46Grunt
64. 9:52Guard
65. 9:55Grunt
66. 10:04Graverobber
67. 10:14Guard
68. 10:24Mex
69. 10:24Grunt
70. 10:26Wind
71. 10:32Grunt
72. 10:37Mex ×2
73. 10:39Guard
74. 10:41Grunt
75. 10:45Wind
76. 10:49Grunt
77. 10:50Wind ×3
78. 10:58Grunt
79. 11:01Wind ×2
80. 11:06Mex
81. 11:07Grunt
82. 11:09Converter ×2
83. 11:12Con bot
84. 11:18Wind ×6
85. 11:35Grunt
86. 11:38Wind
87. 11:40Converter
88. 11:41Con turret
89. 11:42Grunt
90. 11:45Converter
91. 11:51Grunt
92. 11:55Wind ×2
93. 12:00Grunt
94. 12:02Mexfor Front
95. 12:05Wind
96. 12:06Con bot
97. 12:07Wind
98. 12:09Con turret
99. 12:14Wind
100. 12:15Grunt
101. 12:15Wind ×2
102. 12:23Converter
103. 12:23Grunt
104. 12:28Converter
105. 12:29Grunt
106. 12:30Wind
107. 12:31Mex
108. 12:32Grunt
109. 12:35Wind
110. 12:37Grunt
111. 12:38Guard
112. 12:39Wind ×2
113. 12:42Con bot
114. 12:42Grunt
115. 12:45Wind
116. 12:45Grunt
117. 12:46Wind
118. 12:48Grunt
119. 12:50Guard
120. 12:52Wind
121. 12:52Grunt
122. 12:54Converter
123. 12:56Grunt
124. 12:58Wind
125. 13:00Grunt
126. 13:01Wind
127. 13:03Con bot
128. 13:04Grunt
129. 13:06Converter
130. 13:07Wind
131. 13:08Con bot
132. 13:10Guard
133. 13:13Wind ×2
134. 13:19Con bot
135. 13:20Converter
136. 13:23Wind
137. 13:26Grunt
138. 13:30Wind
139. 13:30Con bot
140. 13:31Grunt
141. 13:32Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (34 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	330	0	0
2:00	944	0	0
3:00	2036	216	172
4:00	3125	732	630
5:00	4278	1540	1402
6:00	5461	2505	2338
7:00	6636	3615	3317
8:00	7826	4559	4355
9:00	8940	5290	5260
10:00	10205	5997	6154
11:00	11568	6552	6943
12:00	13140	7016	7723
13:00	14752	7752	8382
14:00	16384	8330	8916
15:00	17785	8961	9568

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

Vaticineur

33.7 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
489 metal received · 23730 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31578-8247b61
Naval balance tweaks on

Standard suicide front

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Vaticineur

Typical milestones

Played most by

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