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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bishtou's (31 OS, 28/08/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

Bishtou

30.7 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

20 received units · includes a constructor
1048 metal received · 39161 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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