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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 · 1059 distinct matches · 187 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1129 · 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 1059 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 ~0:36, 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
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:36
  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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. GuardGuard
    8. GruntGrunt ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Mex
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug ×2
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. GuardGuard
    28. ThugThug ×4
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. GraverobberGraverobber
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. ThugThug
    33. Con turret
    34. ThugThug ×4
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 101 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. ThugThug
    3. Con turret
    4. ThugThug
    5. Advanced solar
    6. Wind
    7. CastroCastro
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Wind ×2
    15. AgitatorAgitatordone 6:44
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:50
    18. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced solar
    21. Wind
    22. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:29
    30. Wind
    31. RascalRascal
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. RascalRascal ×4
    36. Con turret
    37. RascalRascal ×2
    38. Wind
    39. RascalRascal
    40. CastroCastro
    41. RascalRascal ×2
    42. Wind
    43. RascalRascal ×2
    44. Wind
    45. RascalRascal
    46. Wind
    47. RascalRascal
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. RascalRascal ×2
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. RascalRascal ×2
    55. Wind
    56. RascalRascal ×4
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:52
    58. RascalRascal
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. RascalRascal ×3
    61. Wind
    62. RascalRascal
    63. Wind
    64. BeholderBeholder
    65. Wind
    66. ScorpionScorpion
    67. Wind
    68. RascalRascal
    69. Wind ×2
    70. RascalRascal
    71. Wind
    72. RascalRascal ×2
    73. Wind
    74. RascalRascal
    75. Wind
    76. RascalRascal
    77. Wind
    78. IncisorIncisor
    79. Wind
    80. ScorpionScorpion
    81. Wind
    82. BruteBrute ×4
    83. Tidal
    84. Wind
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind
    87. Tidal
    88. Wind
    89. Tidal
    90. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    91. Wind
    92. Tidal ×2
    93. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:58
    94. GraverobberGraverobber ×6
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. GraverobberGraverobber
    97. RascalRascal
    98. Tidal
    99. GraverobberGraverobber
    100. Tidal
    101. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hox2's (30 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

1129 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002036216173
4:003125733632
5:00428115421394
6:00547425052331
7:00664936373310
8:00782945654355
9:00894453015270
10:001021360176154
11:001158865676915
12:001316370367714
13:001475877548382
14:001637283518916
15:001774489709568
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

hox2

30.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
406 metal received · 17366 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:36Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=1123
Advanced Metal Extractor10:00Middle 50%: 9:00–11:14 · n=703

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