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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2for Pond
    2. GuardGuardfor Pond
  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 · 32 steps
    1. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 0:46 · typical 0:37
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mexfor Pond
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    10. Mexfor Pond
    11. Windfor Pond
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. Windfor Pond
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    21. Mex
    22. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    27. Windfor Pond
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. Windfor Pond
    30. AggravatorAggravator
    31. Windfor Pond
    32. 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 · 30 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Windfor Pond
    3. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2for Pond
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. RocketeerRocketeer
    7. Windfor Pond
    8. AggravatorAggravator
    9. Wind ×2for Pond
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Windfor Pond
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×5
    17. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    18. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    22. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. Twin GuardTwin Guardfor Pond
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. AgitatorAgitator
    29. CastroCastrofor Pond
    30. GruntGruntfor Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ling_long's (41 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 7:45 · 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

Ling_long

40.6 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units
9 metal received · 11064 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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