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Standard suicide front

Cortex Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 463 distinct matches · 86 players · 71% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 52% of 479 · 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 463 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 Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mexdone ~0:35, middle half 0:27–0:45

    By 0:19 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:33 · typical 0:35
  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 (47%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. GruntGrunt ×5
    8. ThugThug
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. ThugThug ×2
    13. Mex
    14. ThugThug ×3
    15. GuardGuard
    16. ThugThug
    17. GuardGuard
    18. ThugThug ×16
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine13Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug7 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: energy storage (48%) · aggravator (47%) · Radar Tower (41%) · Twin Guard (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 120 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. Con turret
    3. ThugThug ×3
    4. Con turret
    5. ThugThug
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:51
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. Con turret
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. BruteBrute
    18. Wind
    19. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    20. Wind ×2
    21. ThugThug
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ThugThug
    24. Wind ×2
    25. ThugThug
    26. Wind ×2
    27. ThugThug
    28. Wind ×3
    29. ThugThug
    30. Wind ×2
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. BruteBrute
    33. Wind
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. Wind ×2
    36. GruntGrunt
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt
    39. Wind ×2
    40. GruntGrunt
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. BruteBrute
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. BruteBrute
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GruntGrunt
    53. Wind ×2
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Energy storage
    56. BruteBrute
    57. Wind
    58. GruntGrunt
    59. Wind ×2
    60. GruntGrunt
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt ×3
    64. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    65. BruteBrute
    66. GruntGrunt ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 9:48
    68. BruteBrute
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. AggravatorAggravator
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. BruteBrute
    73. Converter
    74. BruteBrute
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. BruteBrute
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. BruteBrute
    79. Converter
    80. BruteBrute ×2
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. BruteBrute
    83. Converter
    84. BruteBrute ×4
    85. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    88. BruteBrute ×2
    89. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 13:31
    90. BruteBrute
    91. Converter
    92. BruteBrute ×3
    93. Wind ×2
    94. CastroCastro
    95. BruteBrute
    96. Wind
    97. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    98. Wind
    99. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. BruteBrute
    103. Wind
    104. BruteBrute
    105. Mex
    106. Con turret
    107. JellyfishJellyfish
    108. Mex
    109. BruteBrute
    110. Con turret
    111. Wind
    112. BruteBrute
    113. AgitatorAgitator
    114. BruteBrute
    115. Wind
    116. Mex
    117. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. BruteBrute
    120. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is theBeauty's (38 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:37 · 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

479 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0030600
2:0096100
3:002070198136
4:003166713636
5:00432716651433
6:00554925922423
7:00674036083530
8:00793645654498
9:00922052315472
10:001045359866283
11:001201365467131
12:001356170087959
13:001521776788729
14:001699484199402
15:0018452903810162
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

theBeauty

38.5 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
2056 metal received · 31106 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:35Middle 50%: 0:27–0:45 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:48Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=310

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