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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. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:40 · 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 · 42 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGrunt ×5
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GuardGuard
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Mex
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug ×2
    17. Mex
    18. ThugThug ×2
    19. GuardGuard
    20. ThugThug
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. GuardGuard
    23. ThugThug
    24. GuardGuard
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Wind
    31. GuardGuard ×2
    32. ThugThug
    33. Wind
    34. GuardGuard
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. PawnPawn
    37. GuardGuard
    38. ThugThug ×2
    39. Mex
    40. ThugThug
    41. GraverobberGraverobber
    42. BlitzBlitz
  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 · 115 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. ThugThug ×4
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Con turret
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. GuardGuard
    12. ThugThug
    13. GuardGuard
    14. Con turret
    15. ThugThug
    16. GuardGuard
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Con turret
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. ThugThug
    23. Mex
    24. ThugThug ×2
    25. Wind
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. Wind
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind ×2
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind ×2
    36. GuardGuard
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind
    40. PawnPawn
    41. Wind
    42. GruntGrunt
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind ×2
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. ThugThug
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt ×2
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:25
    58. Wind
    59. GuardGuard ×2
    60. Wind
    61. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    62. Wind
    63. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    64. Wind ×4
    65. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    66. TwitcherTwitcher
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:33
    68. FiendFiend ×4
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:30 · typical 9:50
    71. FiendFiend ×5
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. FiendFiend
    74. GuardGuard
    75. FiendFiend ×2
    76. GuardGuard
    77. FiendFiend ×4
    78. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    79. FiendFiend ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. FiendFiend ×3
    82. Wind
    83. FiendFiend ×13
    84. SheldonSheldondone 13:11
    85. Wind
    86. SheldonSheldon
    87. Wind
    88. SheldonSheldon
    89. Wind
    90. SheldonSheldon
    91. Wind
    92. SheldonSheldon
    93. Wind
    94. AugurRadar bot
    95. DeceiverJammer bot
    96. Wind
    97. SheldonSheldon
    98. Wind
    99. SheldonSheldon
    100. Wind
    101. FiendFiend ×2
    102. Wind
    103. TwitcherTwitcher ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Mex
    106. FiendFiend
    107. Wind
    108. FiendFiend
    109. Wind
    110. FiendFiend
    111. Wind
    112. SumoSumodone 14:48
    113. Wind
    114. SumoSumo
    115. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Atlasfailed's (36 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

Atlasfailed

35.9 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
963 metal received · 77114 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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