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Lasher artillery rush

Vehicle plant opened very early with Rascal raiders and Pounder riot support, then a fast Lasher skirmish line by 2:20 to pressure the middle well ahead of the role norm.

#rush #raid #artillery · 27 distinct matches · 8 players · 5% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 37% of 27 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • LasherT1 vehicle skirmishers from 2:20 · 7% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 7% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:29
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%12% of all Suicide front games by then
  • LasherLasher in 78%5% of all Suicide front games by then
  • PounderPounder in 78%10% of all Suicide front games by then
  • RascalRascal in 67%7% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 27 games with kill data: in the middle 96%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,773 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Rattlesnake (9% of army), brute (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Lasher by 2:27

  1. Skip Bot Lab, open Vehicle Plant with mex behind it for fast T1 vehicles.
  2. Add Rascal raid to scout and harass while eco keeps building.
  3. Get Pounder riot out to anchor your line at middle.
  4. Push Lasher skirmishers up to poke and pressure middle early.
  5. Add Brutes and keep Lasher flow going as your main force.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 27 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 2 mexdone ~0:42, middle half 0:22–0:59

    Some games also: Guard (37%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:22 · typical 0:42
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle skirmishers

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. LasherT1 vehicle skirmishers after 4 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Pounder1 Pounder

    Some games also: rascal (44%) · Radar Tower (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 con bot · 2 Graverobber · 5 thug · 2 grunt

    By 2:20 in all: 4 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Mex
    2. RascalRascal ×3
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex ×2
    7. PounderPounder
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Wind
    10. Mex ×2
    11. GuardGuard
    12. LasherLashernot finished by 15:00
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle skirmishers to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind+7 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Lasher9 Lasher +9 vs standard

    Some games also: Radar Tower (41%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Graverobber · 10 thug

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 8 wind (standard 3) · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. GuardGuard
    4. Wind
    5. LasherLasher
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    7. LasherLasher
    8. Wind
    9. LasherLasher
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. LasherLasher
    13. Windfor Air
    14. ShellshockerArty
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. LasherLasher
    17. Wind
    18. Windfor Air
    19. Con turret
    20. LasherLasher
    21. IncisorIncisor
    22. WhistlerMissile truck
    23. Windfor Air
    24. LasherLasher
    25. WhistlerMissile truck
    26. Windfor Air
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Mex
    29. IncisorIncisor
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind ×2for Air
    32. SentrySentry
    33. IncisorIncisor
    34. WhistlerMissile truck
    35. Windfor Air
    36. Windfor Air
    37. SentrySentry
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Lasher12 Lasher +12 vs standard

    Some games also: Twin Guard (48%) · energy storage (44%) · Radar Tower (41%) · con vehicle (37%) · incisor (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Graverobber · 6 thug · 3 grunt

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 22 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 142 steps
    1. WhistlerMissile truck
    2. IncisorIncisor
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Mex
    5. Windfor Air
    6. WhistlerMissile truck
    7. IncisorIncisor
    8. Windfor Air
    9. WhistlerMissile truck
    10. Wind
    11. Wind
    12. Con turret
    13. IncisorIncisor
    14. Con turretfor Air
    15. WhistlerMissile truck
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex
    18. IncisorIncisor
    19. Windfor Air
    20. WhistlerMissile truck
    21. Windfor Air
    22. IncisorIncisor
    23. WhistlerMissile truck
    24. Windfor Air
    25. IncisorIncisor
    26. WhistlerMissile truck
    27. Wind
    28. Windfor Air
    29. Wind
    30. WhistlerMissile truck
    31. Wind
    32. Windfor Air
    33. IncisorIncisor
    34. WhistlerMissile truck
    35. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    36. Wind
    37. Windfor Air
    38. Con turret
    39. WhistlerMissile truck
    40. IncisorIncisor
    41. Windfor Air
    42. WhistlerMissile truck
    43. Wind
    44. Windfor Air
    45. Wind
    46. IncisorIncisor
    47. Wind
    48. WhistlerMissile truck
    49. Windfor Air
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Airdone 8:08 · typical 9:44
    52. Wind
    53. IncisorIncisor
    54. Wind
    55. WhistlerMissile truck
    56. Windfor Air
    57. IncisorIncisor ×2
    58. Windfor Air
    59. IncisorIncisor
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    61. IncisorIncisor
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    63. IncisorIncisor
    64. BeamerBeamerfor Air
    65. IncisorIncisor
    66. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    67. IncisorIncisor
    68. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    69. IncisorIncisor
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    71. IncisorIncisor
    72. Mex
    73. StoutStout
    74. BruteBrute
    75. StoutStout
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    77. StoutStout
    78. Con turret
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. BruteBrute
    81. StoutStout
    82. Windfor Air
    83. StoutStout
    84. Windfor Air
    85. StoutStout
    86. BruteBrute
    87. Windfor Air
    88. StoutStout
    89. Windfor Air
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    91. StoutStout ×2
    92. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:47
    93. Windfor Air
    94. BruteBrute
    95. StoutStout
    96. Wind ×6for Air
    97. StoutStout
    98. Windfor Air
    99. BruteBrute
    100. Windfor Air
    101. StoutStout
    102. Windfor Air
    103. BruteBrute
    104. Con turretfor Air
    105. StoutStout
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. BruteBrute
    108. Windfor Air
    109. StoutStout
    110. Windfor Air
    111. BruteBrute
    112. StoutStout
    113. Windfor Air
    114. StoutStout
    115. Windfor Air
    116. BruteBrute
    117. Windfor Air
    118. StoutStout
    119. Windfor Air
    120. StoutStout
    121. BruteBrute
    122. Windfor Air
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. LasherLasher
    125. IncisorIncisor
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Windfor Air
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. BlitzBlitzfor Air
    130. Windfor Air
    131. IncisorIncisor
    132. BlitzBlitzfor Air
    133. Windfor Air
    134. IncisorIncisor
    135. BlitzBlitzfor Air
    136. Windfor Air
    137. BlitzBlitzfor Air
    138. Windfor Air
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2for Air
    140. Windfor Air
    141. BlitzBlitzfor Air
    142. Windfor Air

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (51 OS, 06/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:09 · in 74% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:14 · in 52% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard suicide front

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

27 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard suicide frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard suicide frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard suicide front
1:002972730000
2:008469560000
3:00181720588419178130
4:0028363151417663270628
5:0038244328109116976261420
6:0049055534198525658912380
7:00602967682797356416073465
8:00702479713820450523224456
9:00862392345436518632875453
10:0010381104506160581143856293
11:0011876119467139628848757124
12:0013960136127844681557058150
13:0016274153067844746160948924
14:0018281170548061822167209879
15:00193301877681508872729010532
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Traded lower kills for far lower losses and slightly better economy, but the team won less often than the standard build.

  • + Own metal lost far below standard by 15:00 (7318 vs 10461).
  • + Vehicle Plant and Lasher timings are drastically ahead of the role norm.
  • − Team win rate well below the standard build's 50%.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed at 5:00 lags the standard build (1086 vs 1697).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Erilium

50.7 OS · 06/08/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
1202 metal received · 12169 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:42Middle 50%: 0:22–0:59 · n=27
Advanced Metal Extractor9:44Middle 50%: 8:24–10:51 · n=19

Played most by

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