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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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:34 · 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 · 43 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GuardGuard
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug ×2
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    17. ThistleThistle
    18. Wind
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Mex
    21. AggravatorAggravator
    22. ThistleThistle
    23. Wind
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. ThugThug
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. GuardGuard
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. Mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. AggravatorAggravator
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug ×2
  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 · 73 steps
    1. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    2. ThugThug
    3. Wind
    4. ThugThug
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Wind
    12. ThugThug
    13. GraverobberGraverobber
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. WardenWarden
    17. ThugThug
    18. Converter
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. WardenWarden
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug ×2
    31. Converter
    32. ThugThug
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:16 · typical 9:50
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×3
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. Converter ×2
    41. GuardGuard
    42. Converter ×2
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:08
    44. Converter
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. Mex ×2
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Converter
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. GruntGrunt ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    54. Mex
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. Con turret
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:10
    59. GruntGrunt ×2
    60. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Mex
    63. GruntGrunt ×3
    64. TrasherTrasher ×2
    65. Con turret
    66. Mex
    67. TrasherTrasher ×2
    68. Wind
    69. TrasherTrasher
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (37 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

Rexalidus

36.7 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

38 received units · includes a constructor
968 metal received · 16350 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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