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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind ×3
    3. 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 · 41 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt ×3
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×5
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Mex
    11. GruntGrunt ×5
    12. Con turret
    13. GuardGuard
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Mex
    20. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. AggravatorAggravator
    24. Wind
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind ×3
    28. AggravatorAggravator
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    32. Wind
    33. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    34. GuardGuard
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Wind
    37. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    38. Energy storage
    39. GuardGuard
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. AggravatorAggravator
  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 · 182 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. AggravatorAggravator
    4. Wind
    5. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    6. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    7. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    8. Wind
    9. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    10. Wind
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    12. Wind
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. GruntGrunt ×3
    15. GuardGuard
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Con turret
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    22. GruntGrunt ×3
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. GruntGrunt ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GruntGrunt
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    29. GruntGrunt ×2
    30. ThugThug ×3
    31. Wind
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. ThugThug ×2
    34. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    35. Wind
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:09 · typical 9:50
    39. GuardGuard
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug ×2
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. GruntGrunt ×5
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt ×4
    47. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. GuardGuard
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Con turret
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt ×3
    59. Con turret ×2
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. CastroCastro
    64. GruntGrunt ×6
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    68. GruntGrunt ×4
    69. Con turret
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Mex
    72. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    73. Wind ×2
    74. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:24
    75. Wind ×5
    76. RiptideFrigatefor Geo seadone 11:33
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×3
    79. OppressorDestroyerfor Geo seadone 11:51
    80. Wind ×5
    81. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:00
    82. Wind
    83. Construction ShipCon ship
    84. Wind ×2
    85. GuardGuard
    86. Wind
    87. HerringMissile corvettefor Geo sea
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Wind
    92. HerringMissile corvettefor Geo sea
    93. GuardGuard
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. RiptideFrigatefor Geo sea
    97. Wind ×2
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. OppressorDestroyerfor Geo sea
    100. Wind ×2
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Wind ×2
    103. GruntGrunt ×2
    104. HerringMissile corvettefor Geo sea
    105. Wind
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. RiptideFrigatefor Geo sea
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Tidal
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. OppressorDestroyer
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Tidal
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:14
    118. Tidal
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Construction ShipCon ship
    121. ValiantValiant
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    124. Construction ShipCon ship
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. ValiantValiant
    127. Wind
    128. GruntGrunt
    129. Tidal
    130. Construction ShipCon ship
    131. ValiantValiant
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Tidal
    134. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    135. ValiantValiant
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Naval Energy Converter
    138. Tidal
    139. ValiantValiant
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. ValiantValiant
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Naval Energy Converter
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. ValiantValiant
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Tidal
    149. ValiantValiant
    150. Tidal
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. ValiantValiant
    153. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Tidal ×2
    156. ValiantValiant
    157. GruntGrunt
    158. Tidal ×2
    159. Wind
    160. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:15
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. ValiantValiant
    163. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    164. Tidal ×3
    165. GruntGrunt ×2
    166. Tidal ×2
    167. GruntGrunt
    168. Wind
    169. Con turret
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. Con turret
    172. Tidal
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. Con turret
    175. GraverobberGraverobber
    176. Tidal
    177. Con turret
    178. Tidal
    179. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:58
    180. Wind
    181. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    182. RiptideFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_BCTV's (39 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 7:38 · 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

PRO_BCTV

39.2 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
301 metal received · 60489 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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