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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 · 1016 distinct matches · 176 players · 73% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 57% of 1085 · 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 1016 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:55 · 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 (39%) · con turret (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Con turret
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Wind
    31. Construction BotCon bot
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. 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 · 75 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator
    2. Wind
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Wind
    5. AggravatorAggravator
    6. Wind
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind ×2
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    10. Wind
    11. AggravatorAggravator
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    14. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Wind
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Wind
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:09
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. Wind
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. Wind
    34. AggravatorAggravator
    35. Wind
    36. Wind
    37. JellyfishJellyfish
    38. Wind
    39. Wind
    40. CastroCastro
    41. SheldonSheldondone 8:25
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33 · typical 9:59
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. Wind
    46. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    47. SheldonSheldon
    48. Wind ×2
    49. GuardGuard
    50. Wind
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. Wind ×2
    56. GuardGuard
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. Wind
    61. GuardGuard
    62. Wind
    63. Wind
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Wind
    67. SheldonSheldon
    68. Wind ×2
    69. GuardGuard
    70. Wind
    71. Wind
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. SheldonSheldon ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Weebaro's (31 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 7:46 · 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

1085 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033000
2:0094400
3:002033216172
4:003122732632
5:00427615381413
6:00546125002345
7:00664936083330
8:00782645654356
9:00896452905260
10:001023859936158
11:001160665386969
12:001316969977740
13:001478676358411
14:001655283038971
15:001785289169599
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

Weebaro

31.2 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 9743 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=1080
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:00–11:13 · n=687

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