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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 44 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ThugThug
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. ThugThug
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. ThugThug
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug ×2
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug ×3
    32. Wind
    33. ThugThug
    34. Con turret
    35. ThugThug
    36. Wind
    37. ThugThug
    38. Energy storage
    39. ThugThug
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    43. ThugThug
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
  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 · 111 steps
    1. Mex
    2. ThugThug
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:37
    4. ThugThug
    5. GuardGuard
    6. WolverineWolverine
    7. ThugThug
    8. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    9. WolverineWolverine
    10. GuardGuard
    11. WolverineWolverine
    12. GuardGuard
    13. WolverineWolverine ×2
    14. PounderPounder ×2
    15. Wind
    16. PounderPounder
    17. Wind ×2
    18. PounderPounder
    19. Wind
    20. WolverineWolverine
    21. Wind
    22. WolverineWolverine
    23. Wind ×2
    24. BruteBrute
    25. Wind
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Wind
    28. BruteBrute
    29. Wind
    30. Mexfor Front
    31. BruteBrute
    32. Wind ×2
    33. BruteBrute
    34. PounderPounder
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:01
    37. PounderPounder
    38. Mexfor Front
    39. Wind
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. GuardGuard
    42. PounderPounder
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    47. ThugThug ×2
    48. GuardGuard
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug ×4
    51. Wind
    52. GuardGuard
    53. ThugThug
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Mex ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:52
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. Con turret
    61. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    62. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    63. MaceMace
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Wind
    66. MaceMace
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:11 · typical 9:50
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. Con turret
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. MaceMace
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. MaceMace
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. RocketeerRocketeer
    78. GruntGrunt ×2
    79. Wind
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×4
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. MaceMace
    94. Wind ×2
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. Wind
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. MaceMace
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Wind ×2
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. Wind ×2
    109. JunoJuno
    110. Construction BotCon bot
    111. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Hannodins's (36 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

Hannodins

36.3 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

26 received units · includes a constructor
10 metal received · 28656 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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