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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 · 36 steps
    1. GruntGrunt
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ThugThug ×3
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThug ×3
    10. Wind
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. ThugThug
    14. Mex
    15. ThugThug ×2
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. TrasherTrasher
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. GruntGrunt ×4
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. GruntGrunt
    25. Solar
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. ThugThug ×4
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. TrasherTrasher
    30. Wind
    31. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    32. Mex
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Wind
    35. Solar
    36. 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 · 149 steps
    1. ThugThug ×2
    2. Wind
    3. ThugThug
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. ThugThug
    7. Wind
    8. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    9. ThugThug ×4
    10. Wind ×2
    11. GruntGrunt
    12. Wind
    13. GruntGrunt
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. GruntGrunt
    17. Wind ×2
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. GraverobberGraverobber
    20. GruntGrunt ×2
    21. ThugThug
    22. GruntGrunt
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Mex
    27. ThugThug
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:25 · typical 9:50
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt ×3
    32. GraverobberGraverobber
    33. ThugThug
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Wind
    36. ThugThug ×3
    37. Con turret
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. ThugThug
    40. TrasherTrasher
    41. Wind
    42. ThugThug
    43. TrasherTrasher
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. GuardGuard
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Solar
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt ×3
    51. ThugThug
    52. Wind
    53. GruntGrunt ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. GraverobberGraverobber
    56. Energy storage
    57. BeholderBeholderfor Geo
    58. Wind
    59. BeholderBeholderfor Geo
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. BeholderBeholderfor Geo
    62. Wind
    63. ThugThug ×2
    64. Advanced solar
    65. ThugThug
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Solar ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    72. GruntGrunt ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced solar
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Con turret
    84. GruntGrunt ×2
    85. Advanced solar
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. GraverobberGraverobber
    88. ThugThug
    89. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    90. ThugThug
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced solar
    93. ThugThug
    94. GruntGrunt
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:08
    96. GruntGrunt
    97. Con turret
    98. GruntGrunt ×2
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. GruntGrunt
    101. Wind
    102. Advanced solar
    103. GruntGrunt
    104. GraverobberGraverobber
    105. Wind
    106. ThugThug
    107. TrasherTrasher
    108. ThugThug
    109. Advanced solar
    110. TrasherTrasher
    111. ThugThug
    112. GruntGrunt
    113. TrasherTrasher
    114. Wind
    115. GruntGrunt ×2
    116. TrasherTrasher
    117. ThugThug
    118. GruntGrunt
    119. Wind
    120. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Advanced solar
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. GraverobberGraverobber
    125. TrasherTrasher
    126. ThugThug
    127. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    128. TrasherTrasher
    129. Wind
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. Advanced solar
    132. MauserMauser
    133. TrasherTrasher
    134. Con turret
    135. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    136. ThugThug
    137. Wind
    138. TrasherTrasher
    139. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    140. Wind
    141. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    142. TrasherTrasher
    143. Wind
    144. ThugThug ×2
    145. Wind
    146. ThugThug
    147. Advanced solar
    148. ThugThug
    149. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (63 OS, 07/10/2026); 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_

63.5 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
183 metal received · 29477 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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