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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. 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 (38%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. ThugThug
    5. Mex
    6. ThugThug
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. GuardGuard
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind
    14. GuardGuard
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×7
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
  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 · 166 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    2. GruntGrunt ×10
    3. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Mex
    10. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    11. Wind
    12. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind
    15. GruntGrunt ×3
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    17. Wind
    18. AggravatorAggravator
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 9:59
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Solar
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind
    28. GruntGrunt
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    30. GuardGuard
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. Solar
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind ×2
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind ×5
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Mex
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. Energy storage
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. GraverobberGraverobber
    54. Wind
    55. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    56. Wind
    57. GraverobberGraverobber
    58. Wind
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    62. GruntGrunt ×2
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. Wind ×3
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. Wind
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. Advanced solar
    75. Wind
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. GruntGrunt
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Wind ×2
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    82. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:38
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Wind ×3
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    93. Wind
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    95. Converter
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. Wind
    100. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. Converter
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. Wind
    108. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Converter
    111. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    112. Wind
    113. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. Pit BullPit Bull
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. Converter
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. Converter
    125. Metal storage
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:01
    130. Con turret
    131. Wind ×2
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Con turret
    134. Pit BullPit Bull
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. PawnPawn
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    140. PawnPawn
    141. GruntGrunt ×2
    142. PawnPawn
    143. Wind ×2
    144. GruntGrunt ×2
    145. PawnPawn
    146. GruntGrunt ×2
    147. PawnPawn
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. PawnPawn
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Con turret
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Construction BotCon bot
    156. Wind ×2
    157. GruntGrunt ×2
    158. Con turret
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Wind
    161. GruntGrunt ×3
    162. Con turret
    163. PawnPawn
    164. GruntGrunt
    165. Wind ×2
    166. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RockFish's (34 OS, 17/09/2026); 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

RockFish

33.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
66 metal received · 11600 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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