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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. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:27 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GruntGrunt ×11
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. ThugThug ×3
    5. Mex ×3
    6. ThugThug
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug
    10. GuardGuard
    11. ThugThug
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Energy storage
    14. GuardGuard ×3
    15. AgitatorAgitatorfor unknowndone 5:37
  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 · 100 steps
    1. AgitatorAgitatorfor unknown
    2. Bot LabBot Lab ×4not finished by 15:00
    3. CastroCastro
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. CastroCastro
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:50
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×8
    21. VeilVeil
    22. Wind
    23. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    24. Wind ×6
    25. VeilVeil
    26. Wind ×11
    27. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:22
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:22
    32. Wind ×4
    33. FinchFinch
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. FinchFinch
    39. Wind
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. FinchFinch
    44. Wind
    45. GruntGrunt
    46. FinchFinch
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret ×2
    49. FinchFinch
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. FinchFinch
    53. Wind
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. FinchFinch
    56. Wind ×2
    57. GruntGrunt
    58. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    59. Wind ×2
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Wind ×2
    62. FinchFinch
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Wind ×2
    66. FinchFinch
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. GruntGrunt
    71. Wind
    72. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    73. Converter
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    78. FinchFinch
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    81. FinchFinch
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Wind
    84. FinchFinch
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. FinchFinch
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind
    89. FinchFinch
    90. GruntGrunt
    91. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    92. FinchFinch
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    95. FinchFinch
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. PulsarPulsarnot finished by 15:00
    98. Wind
    99. FinchFinch
    100. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is El_Turco's (37 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

El_Turco

36.6 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
790 metal received · 70749 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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