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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 · 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

  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 1050 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 0:40 · 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×7
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug ×4
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×10
    11. GuardGuard
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×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 · 105 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Wind
    3. CastroCastro
    4. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    5. Wind
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Wind
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Energy storage
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. GuardGuard
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Con turret
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. CastroCastro
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    27. ThugThug
    28. GruntGrunt ×2
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    32. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Wind
    37. AggravatorAggravator
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. AggravatorAggravator
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. TrasherTrasher
    43. Wind
    44. AggravatorAggravator
    45. Wind
    46. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    47. Wind
    48. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind
    51. GuardGuard
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:59
    53. AggravatorAggravator
    54. Wind
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. AggravatorAggravator
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. AggravatorAggravator
    61. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    62. AggravatorAggravator
    63. Mex
    64. AggravatorAggravator
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. Mex
    68. Wind
    69. Mex ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    72. ThugThug
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. ThugThug
    75. Wind
    76. ThugThug ×2
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Wind
    79. Mex
    80. GuardGuard
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt ×3
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt ×3
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Mex
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×2
    96. Wind
    97. Mex
    98. GruntGrunt ×3
    99. GuardGuard
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt ×4
    103. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    104. Wind
    105. Energy storage

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (30 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427815401402
6:00546125052338
7:00663636153317
8:00782645594355
9:00894052905260
10:001020559976154
11:001156865526943
12:001314070167723
13:001475277528382
14:001638483308916
15:001778589619568
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

annie_may_tydease

30.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
316 metal received · 14082 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-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on
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