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Standard suicide front

Cortex Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first start from a Bot Lab that pushes Thugs, Aggravators and Grunts to hold the middle while the player techs up as usual.

#rush #eco · 494 distinct matches · 91 players · 72% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 53% of 510 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:35

  1. Grab 3 mex while bot lab goes down almost immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and start pushing Thugs to middle right away.
  3. Layer wind, guard turrets and sentries while holding the line.
  4. Expect first kill and first loss almost immediately as fighting starts early.
  5. Transition into advanced metal extractor once middle is stable.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 494 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 0:22 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · typical 0:37
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug15 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: aggravator (46%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. ThugThug ×3
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. ThugThug
    5. GuardGuard
    6. ThugThug ×2
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GuardGuard
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. GuardGuard
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. Wind
    23. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    24. Wind
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. ThugThug
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug8 Thug
    • Grunt2 Grunt

    Some games also: energy storage (47%) · aggravator (45%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Twin Guard (31%) · eat Bot Lab (35%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 55 steps
    1. Wind
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Energy storage
    8. ThugThug
    9. SentrySentry
    10. ThugThug
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt ×3
    13. Wind
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt
    20. Wind
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. GruntGrunt ×3
    24. Wind ×2
    25. GruntGrunt ×4
    26. Mex ×2
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Mex
    29. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×8
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind
    33. PawnPawn ×5
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:50
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    40. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    41. PawnPawn
    42. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:15
    43. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    44. PawnPawn
    45. Con turret
    46. PawnPawn ×3
    47. Con turret
    48. PawnPawn
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    50. Con turret
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Con turret
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Energy storage
    55. PawnPawn ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is xabre's (47 OS, 07/10/2026); 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 7:38 · in 57% 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

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

510 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0032700
2:0096500
3:002069200140
4:003167712642
5:00432816511430
6:00554925842412
7:00675036083473
8:00796845704492
9:00923953275480
10:001049060336293
11:001202366217138
12:001361270967946
13:001518477998729
14:001697885519413
15:0018684921410163
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard suicide front wins slightly above average at 52%, with by far the heaviest early trading of any role.

  • + Fastest bot lab of any role at 0:35, matching its job of projecting force earliest.
  • − Highest own metal lost by far at 10162 by 15:00, reflecting constant frontline trading.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

xabre

46.9 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

100 received units · includes a constructor
100 metal received · 39629 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=506
Advanced Metal Extractor9:50Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=330

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