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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:58 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. PounderPounder
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Mex
    8. GuardGuard
    9. PounderPounder
    10. Wind
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Mex
    13. LasherLasherdone 2:46
  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 · 25 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. LasherLasher
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Con turret
    5. LasherLasher
    6. GuardGuard
    7. Wind
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Wind
    10. GuardGuard
    11. LasherLasher
    12. GuardGuard
    13. Wind
    14. LasherLasher
    15. Wind ×2
    16. LasherLasher
    17. Wind
    18. Con turret
    19. LasherLasher
    20. Wind
    21. GuardGuard
    22. LasherLasher
    23. Wind
    24. LasherLasher
    25. Wind
  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 · 93 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LasherLasher
    3. Wind
    4. LasherLasher
    5. Wind
    6. LasherLasher ×2
    7. Wind
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Wind
    10. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    11. LasherLasher
    12. Wind
    13. LasherLasher
    14. Wind
    15. LasherLasher
    16. Wind
    17. LasherLasher
    18. Wind
    19. LasherLasher ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. LasherLasher
    23. BruteBrute
    24. GuardGuard
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. BruteBrute
    28. Mex
    29. Con turret
    30. GuardGuard
    31. Energy storage
    32. GuardGuard
    33. Con turret
    34. GuardGuard
    35. BruteBrute
    36. Con turret
    37. Advanced solar
    38. BruteBrute
    39. Wind
    40. BruteBrute
    41. Advanced solar
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:31
    44. Wind
    45. Mex
    46. BruteBrute
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind ×7
    49. BruteBrute
    50. Wind ×4
    51. GuardGuard
    52. BruteBrute
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×2
    55. GuardGuard
    56. Wind ×2
    57. BruteBrute
    58. BeholderBeholder
    59. Wind
    60. GuardGuard
    61. BruteBrute
    62. Wind
    63. GuardGuard
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. GuardGuard ×2
    66. BruteBrute
    67. GuardGuard
    68. Wind
    69. GuardGuard
    70. Wind
    71. BruteBrute
    72. Wind
    73. Con turret
    74. BruteBrute
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Mex
    78. BruteBrute
    79. ThistleThistle
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. ThistleThistle
    83. BruteBrute
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. BruteBrute
    86. Wind
    87. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    88. Mex
    89. Con turret
    90. BruteBrute ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. BruteBrute ×2
    93. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF'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 0:09 · 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

MischievousDragonGF

38.5 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
174 metal received · 34825 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

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