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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
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:42 · 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. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. GruntGrunt
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. GruntGrunt
    10. Mex
    11. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    12. GuardGuard
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    14. GuardGuard
    15. AggravatorAggravator
    16. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Wind
    19. AggravatorAggravator
    20. Mex
    21. WardenWarden
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. AggravatorAggravator
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber
    32. GuardGuard
    33. Wind
    34. ThugThug
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. ThugThug
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. ThugThug
    40. GuardGuard
    41. ThugThug ×2
    42. Con turret
    43. GuardGuard
  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 · 219 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Converter
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. Wind ×2
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Wind ×3
    20. GraverobberGraverobber
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Construction BotCon bot
    24. Con turret ×2
    25. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:16
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 9:50
    27. CastroCastro
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Mex
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Mex
    32. WardenWarden
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Mex
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. CastroCastro
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. WardenWarden
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:29
    47. Wind ×5
    48. RascalRascal
    49. Wind
    50. RascalRascal
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Energy storage
    54. Wind
    55. RascalRascal ×2
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. RascalRascal
    58. Con turret
    59. RascalRascal
    60. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:04
    61. Wind
    62. RascalRascal
    63. Wind
    64. RascalRascal
    65. Wind ×3
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. RascalRascal
    69. Converter
    70. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:10
    71. RascalRascal
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. RascalRascal
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. Converter
    78. RascalRascal
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind ×2
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Converter
    83. RascalRascal
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. RascalRascal
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. GruntGrunt ×2
    92. RascalRascal
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. RascalRascal
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Converter
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. Wind ×2
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. RascalRascal
    102. Wind ×3
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. RascalRascal
    105. Con turret
    106. Wind ×2
    107. GruntGrunt
    108. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    109. RascalRascal
    110. Wind ×5
    111. GruntGrunt
    112. RascalRascal
    113. Wind
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. RascalRascal
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. RascalRascal
    119. Wind
    120. GruntGrunt
    121. Wind
    122. RascalRascal
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. RascalRascal
    125. Wind
    126. GruntGrunt
    127. RascalRascal
    128. Wind
    129. GraverobberGraverobber
    130. Wind ×2
    131. RascalRascal
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. RascalRascal
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. RascalRascal
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind
    138. RascalRascal
    139. RattlesnakeRattlesnake
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Con turret
    142. RascalRascal
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Wind
    145. RascalRascal
    146. Wind
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Construction BotCon bot
    149. RascalRascal
    150. Wind
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Construction BotCon bot
    153. RascalRascal
    154. Wind
    155. GruntGrunt
    156. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    157. RascalRascal
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Construction BotCon bot
    160. RascalRascal
    161. Wind
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. RascalRascal
    164. Wind
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. CastroCastro
    167. Wind
    168. RascalRascal
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. RascalRascal
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. RascalRascal
    173. Wind
    174. GruntGrunt
    175. Con turret
    176. Wind
    177. RascalRascal
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. RascalRascal
    180. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. RascalRascal
    183. GruntGrunt
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. RascalRascal
    187. Wind
    188. GruntGrunt
    189. RascalRascal
    190. Wind
    191. GruntGrunt
    192. Con turret
    193. RascalRascal
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Wind
    196. Con turret
    197. RascalRascal
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. Wind
    200. RascalRascal
    201. Wind
    202. GruntGrunt
    203. RascalRascal
    204. GruntGrunt
    205. RascalRascal
    206. GruntGrunt
    207. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    208. RascalRascal
    209. GruntGrunt
    210. Wind
    211. Con turret
    212. RascalRascal
    213. GruntGrunt
    214. Converter
    215. RascalRascal
    216. GruntGrunt
    217. CastroCastro
    218. RascalRascal
    219. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arebee's (39 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

arebee

39.0 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

23 received units · includes a constructor
1884 metal received · 53068 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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