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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bishtou's (30 OS, 25/08/2026); 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

Bishtou

30.4 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
55 metal received · 21413 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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