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

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

XXMACGAMERXX

36.8 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

35 received units · includes a constructor
292 metal received · 16584 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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