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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is slimegirl3's (32 OS, 15/09/2026); 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 7:45 · 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

slimegirl3

31.8 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units
215 metal received · 10548 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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