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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 · 33 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt ×3
    3. Mex
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Con turret
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. Mex
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    17. Mex
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    26. Wind
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Wind ×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 · 109 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    3. Wind
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Con turret ×2
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. Wind
    12. GruntGrunt
    13. Wind
    14. AggravatorAggravator
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Con turret
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    31. Wind
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. GruntGrunt ×2
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. Wind
    59. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:51
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:36 · typical 10:00
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Wind
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    74. Wind
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter ×6
    78. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:18
    79. Converter ×4
    80. Wind ×4
    81. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    82. Wind
    83. AggravatorAggravator
    84. Wind ×4
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. AggravatorAggravator
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Con turret
    92. Converter ×4
    93. Wind
    94. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    95. Wind
    96. ThugThug
    97. Wind ×4
    98. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Con turret
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. Con turret
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Con turret
    106. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ITz_Mythocondria's (31 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

ITz_Mythocondria

31.0 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
227 metal received · 28305 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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