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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 Labdone 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 · 42 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Solar
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThugfor Front
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Mex
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×2for Front
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    36. AggravatorAggravator
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    40. Wind
    41. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    42. Wind
  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 · 79 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Wind
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. ThugThug
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. ThugThug
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. ThugThug
    21. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind
    28. JellyfishJellyfish
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravatorfor Front
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×4
    41. Converter
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind ×7
    45. Converter
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind
    48. Energy storage
    49. Wind ×2
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:04
    52. Wind
    53. Converter ×4
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. AggravatorAggravator
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. AggravatorAggravator
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. AggravatorAggravator
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Converter
    69. AggravatorAggravator
    70. GraverobberGraverobber
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Converter
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Metal storage
    77. Con turret ×8
    78. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    79. T2 converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrontLiner69er's (32 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

FrontLiner69er

32.4 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
135 metal received · 34635 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
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