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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 ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. GuardGuard
    6. Mex
    7. ThugThug ×2
    8. Wind
    9. ThugThug
    10. Wind ×2
    11. ThugThug
    12. Mex
    13. ThugThug
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. ThugThug ×3
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug ×3
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    21. ThugThug
    22. PawnPawn
    23. GraverobberGraverobber
    24. 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 · 96 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. RocketeerRocketeer
    4. ThugThug
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. ThugThug ×3
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. GuardGuard
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug ×2
    14. Wind
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. MaceMace
    17. GraverobberGraverobber
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. TrasherTrasher
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Wind
    28. TrasherTrasher
    29. PawnPawn
    30. ThugThug
    31. Wind
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. ThugThug
    34. Wind
    35. ThugThug ×2
    36. Wind
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. ThugThug
    39. Energy storage
    40. Wind
    41. ThugThug
    42. Wind
    43. ThugThug
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. Wind
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. GraverobberGraverobber
    50. GuardGuard
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Wind
    54. ThugThug
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. ThugThug
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. ThugThug
    59. GraverobberGraverobber
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. ThugThug
    62. TrasherTrasher
    63. ThugThug
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:26 · typical 9:50
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. Wind
    69. ThugThug
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×2
    72. ThugThug
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind ×2
    76. GruntGrunt
    77. ThugThug
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. ThugThug
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. ThugThug
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. ThugThug
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Wind
    96. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (36 OS, 05/10/2026); 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

XXMACGAMERXX

36.5 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 58820 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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