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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 · 1073 distinct matches · 188 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1144 · 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 1073 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 0:26 · 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 (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 47 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. ThugThug
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Wind
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. ThugThug ×2
    27. WardenWarden
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    34. ThugThug
    35. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug ×2
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    40. Wind
    41. GraverobberGraverobber
    42. Energy storage
    43. ThugThug ×4
    44. Wind
    45. ThugThug
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Construction BotCon bot
  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 (36%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 16 wind · 2 con turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bishtou's (31 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

1144 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094300
3:002036216173
4:003125734633
5:00427915541394
6:00546725172334
7:00664336463321
8:00782845834356
9:00894453325265
10:001020960336149
11:001157265806916
12:001316170967728
13:001475177778397
14:001636083778939
15:001774290019578
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

30.9 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
967 metal received · 32011 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=1138
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=714

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