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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 · 1 step
    1. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:20 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    6. GruntGrunt ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. ThugThug
    9. Mex
    10. ThugThug ×4
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. AggravatorAggravator ×6
    14. Mex
    15. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. AggravatorAggravator
    18. GuardGuard
    19. AggravatorAggravator ×4
    20. GuardGuard
    21. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    24. GuardGuard
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. GuardGuard
    27. GraverobberGraverobber
  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 · 213 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. GuardGuard ×2
    4. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug
    7. AggravatorAggravator
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. AggravatorAggravator
    11. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    12. AggravatorAggravator
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:24 · typical 9:50
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. AggravatorAggravator
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Wind
    24. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    28. Wind
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. Mex
    31. Wind
    32. GuardGuard
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. GuardGuard
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. Mex
    42. GruntGrunt ×3
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Con turret
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Metal storage
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind
    62. Energy storage
    63. Wind
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    69. ThistleThistle ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. TrasherTrasher
    73. Wind ×3
    74. TrasherTrasher
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. TrasherTrasher
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. Energy storage
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Wind
    90. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:01
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. Wind
    105. ThistleThistle
    106. GruntGrunt
    107. ThistleThistle
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. GuardGuard
    111. Wind
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. GuardGuard
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Wind
    116. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. Wind
    119. GuardGuard
    120. Wind
    121. Con turret ×2
    122. GruntGrunt
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. GuardGuard
    125. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 11:55
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:31
    131. Wind
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind ×2
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Wind ×2
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:42
    142. Tidal
    143. Wind
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Tidal
    147. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. Wind
    152. SumoSumodone 12:44
    153. GruntGrunt
    154. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    155. Tidal
    156. Wind
    157. GruntGrunt
    158. SumoSumo
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Fusion ReactorFusion
    161. Tidal
    162. SumoSumo
    163. GruntGrunt
    164. Wind ×2
    165. GruntGrunt
    166. Tidal
    167. SumoSumo
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. Wind
    170. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:27
    171. GruntGrunt
    172. Tidal ×2
    173. Wind
    174. Tidal
    175. GruntGrunt
    176. FinchFinch
    177. Tidal ×2
    178. GruntGrunt
    179. Con turret
    180. FinchFinch
    181. SumoSumo
    182. GruntGrunt
    183. Tidal
    184. FinchFinch
    185. Tidal
    186. FinchFinch
    187. Tidal
    188. FinchFinch
    189. GruntGrunt
    190. Con turret
    191. SumoSumo
    192. FinchFinch
    193. Tidal
    194. GruntGrunt
    195. Tidal
    196. FinchFinch
    197. Converter
    198. GruntGrunt
    199. Tidal
    200. FinchFinch
    201. GruntGrunt
    202. Converter
    203. SumoSumo
    204. Tidal
    205. FinchFinch
    206. GruntGrunt
    207. Tidal
    208. FinchFinch
    209. GruntGrunt
    210. Tidal
    211. Converter
    212. FinchFinch
    213. SkuttleCrawling bomb

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (53 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

Immort

53.3 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1124 metal received · 83112 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

Played most by

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