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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 · 32 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Solar
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    9. GuardGuard
    10. Mex
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. GuardGuard
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GuardGuard
    22. ThugThug
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Mex
    28. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    31. Con turret
    32. 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
    • 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 · 163 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. AggravatorAggravator
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind ×2
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    15. Wind ×2
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Converter
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind ×2
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Converter
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind ×2
    48. ThugThug
    49. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:51
    50. Converter
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind ×2
    55. IncisorIncisor
    56. ThugThug
    57. Wind
    58. IncisorIncisor
    59. ThugThug
    60. Converter
    61. IncisorIncisor
    62. ThugThug
    63. IncisorIncisor
    64. Wind
    65. ThugThug
    66. Wind
    67. IncisorIncisor
    68. Wind
    69. IncisorIncisor
    70. ThugThug
    71. Wind
    72. ThugThug
    73. Converter
    74. IncisorIncisor
    75. GuardGuard
    76. Wind
    77. ThugThug
    78. Wind
    79. IncisorIncisor
    80. Wind
    81. ThugThug
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    84. Wind
    85. ThugThug
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. ThugThug
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:43 · typical 10:04
    90. Wind
    91. ThugThug
    92. Wind ×2
    93. ThugThug
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. ThugThug
    97. Wind ×2
    98. ThugThug
    99. Wind ×3
    100. ThugThug
    101. Converter
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. ThugThug
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Construction BotCon bot
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Wind
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. Converter ×2
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Construction BotCon bot
    117. Converter
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Converter
    120. Wind
    121. Construction BotCon bot
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Construction BotCon bot
    126. Converter ×2
    127. Energy storage
    128. Wind
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt ×2
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. GraverobberGraverobber
    136. Wind ×2
    137. GraverobberGraverobber
    138. Converter
    139. GraverobberGraverobber
    140. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. Wind
    144. GruntGrunt
    145. Metal storage
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind
    148. Metal storage
    149. GruntGrunt
    150. Wind
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Wind
    153. GruntGrunt ×2
    154. Converter
    155. GruntGrunt ×2
    156. Wind
    157. GruntGrunt
    158. Wind
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. Wind
    163. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrontLiner69er's (33 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

FrontLiner69er

33.3 OS · 16/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1373 metal received · 13529 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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