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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 0:20 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Solarfor Pond
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    7. Mexfor Pond
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug
    14. ThugThugfor Pond
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Mex
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. AgitatorAgitatorfor Ponddone 5:17
    26. GraverobberGraverobber
    27. ThugThug ×2
  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 · 85 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Con turretfor Pond
    3. ThugThug ×2
    4. Wind
    5. AgitatorAgitatorfor Pond
    6. Windfor Pond
    7. ThugThug
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. GruntGrunt ×4
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind ×3for Pond
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Converterfor Pond
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Windfor Pond
    18. Mex
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Windfor Pond
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Windfor Pond
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Windfor Pond
    27. Converterfor Pond
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind ×2for Pond
    30. GruntGrunt
    31. Windfor Pond
    32. GruntGrunt
    33. Windfor Pond
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Converterfor Pond
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Windfor Pond
    38. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    39. Wind ×3for Pond
    40. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    41. Wind ×2for Pond
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Converterfor Pond
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Windfor Pond
    46. GruntGrunt ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Ponddone 11:00 · typical 10:00
    48. Windfor Pond
    49. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    50. Wind ×2for Pond
    51. GraverobberGraverobber
    52. Converterfor Pond
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind ×2
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Converter
    61. GraverobberGraverobber
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Mex
    64. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Converter
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. GruntGruntfor Pond
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGruntfor Pond
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    74. GruntGruntfor Pond
    75. Wind
    76. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    77. Mexfor Pond
    78. Wind ×2
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret
    84. Converter
    85. Mexfor Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is FrontLiner69er's (32 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

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

FrontLiner69er

32.0 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
29 metal received · 7748 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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Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on