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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 · 1016 distinct matches · 176 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1085 · 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 1016 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
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. Wind ×2
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. ThugThug
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    19. ThugThug ×4
    20. Con turret
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug ×5
  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 · 86 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug ×6
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Wind
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. CastroCastro
    14. ThistleThistle
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. ThugThug
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45 · typical 9:59
    21. ThugThug
    22. ThistleThistle
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. ThugThug
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. ThugThug ×2
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. ThugThug
    36. CastroCastro
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. ThugThug
    43. ThistleThistle
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. ThistleThistle
    47. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Con turret
    54. ThugThug ×2
    55. GruntGrunt ×2
    56. ThistleThistle
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. ThistleThistle
    59. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    60. GruntGrunt ×3
    61. ThistleThistle
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt ×2
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Wind
    68. GruntGrunt ×2
    69. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt ×2
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Con turret
    75. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    76. GruntGrunt ×6
    77. ArbalestArbalest
    78. GruntGrunt
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. Wind ×2
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ubilosis's (31 OS, 02/10/2026); 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

1085 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002033216172
4:003122732632
5:00427615381413
6:00546125002345
7:00664936083330
8:00782645654356
9:00896452905260
10:001023859936158
11:001160665386969
12:001316969977740
13:001478676358411
14:001655283038971
15:001785289169599
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

Ubilosis

30.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
77 metal received · 13606 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=1080
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:13 · n=687

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