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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. GuardGuard
    3. 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 · 27 steps
    1. Mex
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×2
    4. GruntGrunt ×5
    5. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. ThugThug ×6
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. GuardGuard ×2
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Wind
    19. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    20. Wind
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. GraverobberGraverobber
    26. Wind
    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 · 180 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug ×5
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. ThugThug ×4
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug ×4
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Wind
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. ThugThug
    21. Wind
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. ThugThug
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. ThugThug ×3
    26. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    27. ThugThug
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Wind
    30. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    31. ThistleThistle
    32. ThugThug
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×4
    36. ThistleThistle
    37. ThugThug ×3
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. RocketeerRocketeer
    43. ThistleThistle
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:18
    47. ThistleThistle
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. ThugThug
    50. Wind
    51. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    52. ThugThug
    53. RocketeerRocketeer
    54. ThugThug
    55. ThistleThistle
    56. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    57. Wind
    58. ThistleThistle
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. ThugThug
    61. GuardGuard
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. GraverobberGraverobber
    66. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    67. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. ThugThug
    70. Con turret
    71. Energy storage
    72. ThugThug
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:41 · typical 9:50
    74. ThugThug
    75. Mex
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon bot
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Mex
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Wind
    95. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. GruntGrunt ×2
    101. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. GruntGrunt ×3
    106. Wind
    107. GruntGrunt ×2
    108. Wind
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. WardenWarden
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt ×3
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt ×3
    116. Wind
    117. GruntGrunt ×2
    118. Wind
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Converter
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. GruntGrunt
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. Wind
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Converter
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. CastroCastro
    133. GruntGrunt
    134. Converter
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt
    140. Converter
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. Converter
    145. GruntGrunt
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. GruntGrunt
    152. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind
    155. GraverobberGraverobber
    156. Converter
    157. GraverobberGraverobber
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. GraverobberGraverobber
    161. Wind
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. GraverobberGraverobber
    165. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    166. Wind
    167. Converter
    168. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    171. Wind
    172. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    173. Construction BotCon bot
    174. Wind
    175. Construction BotCon bot
    176. Wind
    177. Construction BotCon bot
    178. Wind
    179. GruntGrunt ×2
    180. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Lexosis's (40 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

Lexosis

39.7 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
495 metal received · 19942 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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