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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 ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:35 · 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. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. GruntGrunt
    3. Mex
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. ThugThug ×4
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ThugThug ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. ThugThug
    11. Mex
    12. ThugThug ×3
    13. Wind
    14. ThugThug
    15. Wind
    16. ThugThug
    17. Wind
    18. ThugThug
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. ThugThug
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. ThugThug
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. ThugThug ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. ThugThug
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. 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 · 122 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. ThugThug
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Wind
    13. ThugThug
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. ThugThug ×6
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. ThugThug
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. ThugThug ×5
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    21. ThugThug
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    23. ThugThug
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    25. ThugThug ×22
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug ×2
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. ThugThug
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. GraverobberGraverobber
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug
    37. Wind
    38. ThugThug
    39. Wind
    40. ThugThug
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. Wind
    44. ThugThug
    45. Wind
    46. ThugThug
    47. Wind
    48. ThugThug
    49. Wind
    50. ThugThug
    51. Wind
    52. ThugThug ×4
    53. Mex
    54. ThugThug ×5
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:02
    56. ThugThug
    57. Energy storage
    58. ThugThug ×3
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. ThugThug
    61. Con turret
    62. ThugThug
    63. Wind
    64. ThugThug
    65. Wind
    66. ThugThug
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. ThugThug
    70. Wind
    71. ThugThug
    72. Wind
    73. ThugThug
    74. GraverobberGraverobber
    75. Wind
    76. ThugThug
    77. Wind
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. Wind ×2
    80. ThugThug
    81. Wind
    82. GraverobberGraverobber
    83. ThugThug
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. GraverobberGraverobber
    86. Wind
    87. ThugThug
    88. Wind
    89. GraverobberGraverobber
    90. Wind
    91. ThugThug
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. ThugThug
    94. GraverobberGraverobber
    95. ThugThug
    96. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:07
    97. GraverobberGraverobber
    98. Con turret ×2
    99. ThugThug
    100. Con turret
    101. GraverobberGraverobber
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. Con turret
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Advanced solar
    106. GruntGrunt ×2
    107. Advanced solar
    108. GruntGrunt ×23
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. GruntGrunt ×41
    111. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:43
    112. GruntGrunt ×4
    113. IncisorIncisor
    114. GruntGrunt ×2
    115. IncisorIncisor
    116. GruntGrunt ×2
    117. IncisorIncisor
    118. GruntGrunt ×2
    119. IncisorIncisor
    120. GruntGrunt ×2
    121. IncisorIncisor
    122. GruntGrunt ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Buckyo's (35 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

Buckyo

35.5 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
51 metal received · 17149 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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