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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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ThugThug
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug ×3
    14. Mex
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. ThugThug ×4
    17. TrasherTrasher
    18. GraverobberGraverobber
    19. GruntGrunt ×4
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. GruntGrunt
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. ThugThug
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. ThugThug ×3
    28. TrasherTrasher
    29. 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 · 113 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    3. Wind ×2
    4. AgitatorAgitatordone 8:33
    5. Wind ×5
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Wind ×2
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind ×2
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Wind
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. Wind ×2
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Wind ×2
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Wind
    19. GruntGrunt ×3
    20. Wind ×2
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Energy storage
    26. GruntGrunt ×2
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Mex
    31. Advanced solar
    32. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:44 · typical 9:50
    34. Advanced solar
    35. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    36. Con turret
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. GruntGrunt ×2
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. GuardGuard
    43. GruntGrunt
    44. TickTick ×2
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Mex
    47. GruntGrunt ×2
    48. TickTick
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. GruntGrunt ×6
    51. Con turret
    52. GruntGrunt ×2
    53. GuardGuard
    54. GruntGrunt ×4
    55. RocketeerRocketeer
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. GruntGrunt ×2
    59. PawnPawn
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. GuardGuard
    62. GruntGrunt
    63. GuardGuard
    64. GruntGrunt ×3
    65. GuardGuard
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Exploiter
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. GuardGuard
    70. GruntGrunt ×4
    71. GuardGuard
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. GruntGrunt ×9
    74. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:31
    75. GruntGrunt ×2
    76. GuardGuard
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. GruntGrunt ×3
    80. Con turret
    81. GruntGrunt ×3
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. GruntGrunt ×4
    84. Mex
    85. Con turret
    86. GruntGrunt ×4
    87. BeholderBeholder
    88. GruntGrunt ×2
    89. Con turret
    90. Mex
    91. SprinterSprinter
    92. GruntGrunt ×3
    93. GuardGuard
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Con turret
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. RocketeerRocketeer
    98. GruntGrunt ×8
    99. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrydone 14:28
    100. GruntGrunt ×5
    101. GuardGuard
    102. GruntGrunt ×6
    103. Wind
    104. MarauderMarauderdone 14:41
    105. Wind
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. MarauderMarauder
    109. Wind ×3
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. MarauderMarauder
    113. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (64 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

_Hawkey_

63.8 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 28457 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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