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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Beenami's (31 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

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

Beenami

31.2 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
130 metal received · 10213 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

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