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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 · 39 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. GruntGrunt
    5. Wind
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. Wind
    10. GruntGrunt ×2
    11. Mex
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. GuardGuard ×2
    17. ThugThug
    18. GuardGuard
    19. ThugThug
    20. Wind
    21. ThugThug
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Wind
    24. ThugThug
    25. Wind
    26. GuardGuard
    27. Con turret
    28. ThugThug
    29. GraverobberGraverobber
    30. ThugThug
    31. GuardGuard
    32. ThugThug ×2
    33. Mex
    34. ThugThug
    35. GuardGuard
    36. ThugThug
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. GuardGuard
    39. 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 · 84 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. ThugThug
    3. AgitatorAgitatordone 5:43
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ThugThug
    7. Con turret
    8. ThugThug
    9. Wind
    10. ThugThug
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. ThugThug
    16. Wind
    17. RocketeerRocketeer
    18. ThugThug
    19. Wind
    20. ThugThug
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. Wind
    23. ThugThug ×2
    24. Wind
    25. GruntGrunt ×2
    26. Wind
    27. GruntGrunt
    28. Wind
    29. GruntGrunt
    30. Wind
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. Wind
    33. GruntGrunt
    34. Wind
    35. GruntGrunt
    36. Con turret
    37. GraverobberGraverobber
    38. Wind
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. Wind
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. CastroCastro
    43. Wind
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Wind
    46. GruntGrunt
    47. Wind
    48. GruntGrunt ×2
    49. Wind
    50. GruntGrunt
    51. Wind
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. GruntGrunt
    56. Wind
    57. GruntGrunt ×5
    58. Wind
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. Wind
    63. GruntGrunt
    64. Wind
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt ×4
    68. GraverobberGraverobber
    69. GruntGrunt ×7
    70. GraverobberGraverobber
    71. GruntGrunt ×3
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:06
    76. GruntGrunt ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. GraverobberGraverobber
    79. Con turret
    80. GruntGrunt ×5
    81. GuardGuard ×2
    82. GruntGrunt
    83. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    84. GuardGuard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Atlasfailed's (36 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

Atlasfailed

35.6 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

22 received units
136 metal received · 2176 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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