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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug ×3
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. ThugThug
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. LazarusLazarus
    21. ThugThug ×3
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. ThugThug
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. GuardGuard
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
    28. GuardGuard
    29. 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 · 104 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GuardGuard
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GuardGuard
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. GuardGuard
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug ×2
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. ThugThug
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. ThugThug
    26. SentrySentry
    27. GuardGuard
    28. ThugThug
    29. SentrySentry
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. ThugThug ×2
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. Tidal
    40. ThugThug
    41. Tidal
    42. ThugThug
    43. Tidal
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Tidal
    49. ThugThug
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. ThugThug ×2
    52. Tidal
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind
    55. Tidal
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. Tidal
    58. ThugThug ×2
    59. Wind
    60. ThugThug
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Construction BotCon bot
    63. Wind
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. ThugThug
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:12 · typical 9:59
    67. Wind
    68. ThugThug ×2
    69. GraverobberGraverobber
    70. ThugThug
    71. Wind
    72. ThugThug ×2
    73. GraverobberGraverobber
    74. Wind
    75. ThugThug ×3
    76. GraverobberGraverobber
    77. Wind
    78. ThugThug ×2
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. ThugThug
    84. Con turret
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. GuardGuard
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Con turret
    89. Construction BotCon bot
    90. Mex
    91. ThugThug ×2
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. Mex
    94. ThugThug
    95. Solar
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. ThugThug ×2
    98. GuardGuard
    99. GraverobberGraverobber
    100. ThugThug ×3
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. ThugThug ×3
    103. GraverobberGraverobber
    104. ThugThug

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (37 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

Lexosis

37.1 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
24 metal received · 16098 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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