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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Mex
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. Mex
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. TrasherTrasher
    15. ThugThug
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. ThugThug
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. GruntGrunt ×9
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Solar
    28. 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 · 139 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. ThugThug ×3
    3. Solar ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. TrasherTrasher
    10. Wind ×2
    11. TrasherTrasher
    12. Wind
    13. AgitatorAgitator
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. ThugThug
    18. Wind ×2
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:11 · typical 10:00
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. GuardGuard
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret
    50. GruntGrunt ×2
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Solar ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Mex
    57. GruntGrunt ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Energy storage
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Con turret
    65. GruntGrunt ×2
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Con turret
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. SAMSAM
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Con turret
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. ThistleThistle
    74. Advanced solar
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:07
    77. Con turret
    78. GuardGuard
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GraverobberGraverobber
    82. Advanced solar
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. GuardGuard
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:42
    87. Wind
    88. Con turret
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. JunoJuno
    91. Solar ×2
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Advanced solar
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. PawnPawn
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. PawnPawn
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. PawnPawn
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. CrossbowCrossbow
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. CrossbowCrossbow
    109. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    110. Mex
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. PawnPawn
    113. GuardGuard
    114. Wind
    115. GraverobberGraverobber
    116. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    117. Advanced solar
    118. CrossbowCrossbow
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Advanced solar
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. Wind
    128. PawnPawn
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. GruntGrunt
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. PawnPawn
    137. GruntGrunt
    138. Advanced solar
    139. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (65 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

_Hawkey_

65.0 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
456 metal received · 35263 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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