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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 · 1243 distinct matches · 205 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1325 · 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 1243 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 ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:18 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · typical 0:35
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug16 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (37%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex ×3
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Mex
    22. ThugThug ×4
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. ThugThug ×3
    25. Mex
    26. ThugThug ×3
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Con turret
    29. ThugThug
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
  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
    • Thug13 Thug

    Some games also: grunt (48%) · aggravator (41%) · Radar Tower (39%) · energy storage (34%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 52 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. TrasherTrasher
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. TrasherTrasher
    7. PawnPawn
    8. TrasherTrasher
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. TrasherTrasher ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Converter
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Wind
    22. ThugThug
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    33. Wind
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Converter
    36. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    37. Mex ×2
    38. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Mex
    41. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    42. Mex
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Mex
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×6
    51. Converter
    52. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (34 OS, 16/10/2026); 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 7:54 · in 54% 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

1325 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032800
2:0094300
3:002035226173
4:003128752636
5:00428215901400
6:00546125962330
7:00665338143316
8:00784146804348
9:00898453915286
10:001024161006158
11:001161766476953
12:001318272287742
13:001473178518480
14:001618884419065
15:001778591239663
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

33.8 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

36 received units · includes a constructor
236 metal received · 9587 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1320
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:04–11:20 · n=820

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