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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 · 1045 distinct matches · 183 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1114 · 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 1045 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. Mex
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Mex
    8. ThugThug
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. ThugThug
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug ×5
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. ThugThug
  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 · 106 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ThugThug
    5. Con turret
    6. ThugThug
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    12. ThugThug
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. AggravatorAggravator
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:15
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. AggravatorAggravator
    41. Wind
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Wind
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    45. GuardGuard
    46. Wind
    47. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    51. Wind
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. Wind
    54. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    55. Wind ×2
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. Wind
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    65. Wind
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Energy storage
    69. Wind
    70. GuardGuard
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. Mex
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    78. GuardGuard
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    81. Energy storage
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 14:08 · typical 9:59
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. GuardGuard
    101. Wind
    102. Mex
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Wind
    105. ThistleThistle
    106. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Kontraption's (30 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

1114 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216172
4:003125732630
5:00427915411402
6:00546325172340
7:00663736383327
8:00782845684355
9:00894152995258
10:001020960156154
11:001156765596930
12:001313870187728
13:001475177538384
14:001637883418911
15:001776589649563
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

Kontraption

30.2 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
13 metal received · 11119 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=1108
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=696

Played most by

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