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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobberfor Geo sea
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ThugThug
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. ThistleThistle
    11. ThugThug
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ThugThug ×4
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. ThugThug
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. ThugThug ×3
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. 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 · 99 steps
    1. ThistleThistle
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug
    6. WardenWarden
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind ×2
    11. ThugThug
    12. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:03
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Energy storage
    21. Wind ×3
    22. CastroCastro
    23. Wind
    24. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    25. Con turret
    26. ThugThug
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    29. Wind
    30. JellyfishJellyfish
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. ThistleThistle
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. CastroCastro
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    43. Wind
    44. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug ×2
    49. JellyfishJellyfish
    50. ThugThug
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:14 · typical 9:50
    54. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    57. Wind ×6
    58. Converter
    59. ThugThug
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. ThugThug
    63. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. ThugThug
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. ThugThug
    74. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:35
    75. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    80. Wind
    81. Converter
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    85. ThugThug
    86. Wind
    87. Dragon's MawDragon's Maw
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. Wind
    90. ThugThug
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    94. ThugThug
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind
    98. ThugThug
    99. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (35 OS, 08/10/2026); 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

Buckyo

35.5 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
242 metal received · 12411 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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