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Lasher skirmishers

Cortex Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Vehicle Plant from the start leads into early T1 vehicle raid and riot, then Lasher skirmishers pushed to middle from around 2:09, well ahead of the role norm, fighting forward in the middle rather than reacting at home.

#raid #artillery #push · 45 distinct matches · 20 players · 6% of Cortex Front games · team won 53% of 45 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • LasherT1 vehicle skirmishers from 2:09 · 8% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 8% of Front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 2:30
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%20% of all Front games by then
  • RascalRascal in 100%20% of all Front games by then
  • PounderPounder in 71%13% of all Front games by then
  • LasherLasher in 69%5% of all Front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 45 games with kill data: in the middle 96%.

Those units destroy a typical 2,393 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into incisor (11% of army), brute (10% of army), pounder (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Lasher by 5:55

  1. Rush Vehicle Plant almost immediately off the opening mex.
  2. Send Incisor raiders out well ahead of the usual role timing.
  3. Add Pounder riot to back the raiders in the middle.
  4. Commit to Lasher skirmishers pushing into middle, not holding.
  5. Transition to Advanced Metal Extractor once the push stabilizes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 45 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD 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 ~0:45, middle half 0:29–0:50

    Some games also: wind (40%)

    By 0:23 in all: 2 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:49 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle skirmishers

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. LasherT1 vehicle skirmishers after 4 mex, 2 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Rascal4 Rascal +4 vs standard
    • Pounder1 Pounder

    Some games also: incisor (42%)

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

    By 2:09 in all: 4 mex · 2 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. RascalRascal ×10
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. LasherLasherdone 2:22
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle skirmishers to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Lasher8 Lasher +8 vs standard

    Some games also: con turret (44%) · wolverine (38%) · con vehicle (36%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 thug · 5 aggravator

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LasherLasher ×3
    3. GuardGuard
    4. LasherLasher
    5. Mex
    6. LasherLasher
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Con turret
    10. LasherLasher
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. LasherLasher
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. LasherLasher
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. WolverineWolverine
    22. Wind ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Lasher5 Lasher +5 vs standard
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: energy storage (44%) · pounder (42%) · incisor (40%) · brute (33%) · wolverine (31%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Graverobber · 8 grunt · 4 thug

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 19 wind · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 80 steps
    1. WolverineWolverine
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. WolverineWolverine
    5. Wind
    6. WolverineWolverine
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. WolverineWolverine
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. PounderPounder
    13. Wind
    14. PounderPounder
    15. Wind
    16. PounderPounder
    17. Wind
    18. LasherLasher
    19. Wind ×2
    20. LasherLasher
    21. Wind
    22. GuardGuard
    23. Wind
    24. LasherLasher
    25. Wind ×2
    26. LasherLasher
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:02 · typical 9:32
    29. LasherLasher
    30. Wind
    31. LasherLasher
    32. Wind
    33. LasherLasher
    34. Wind
    35. CastroCastro
    36. Wind
    37. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    44. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:48
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Mex
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×4
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Converter
    51. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    52. VeilVeil
    53. Converter
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Converter ×2
    56. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:43
    57. Wind
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×2
    62. VeilVeil
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind ×5
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Wind ×3
    70. Metal storage
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Con turret ×2
    79. Wind ×19
    80. Pit BullPit Bull ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hannibalrising's (32 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · in 78% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:23 · in 60% of games

How it plays out

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

  • This build
  • Standard front

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

45 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard frontEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard frontOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard front
1:003313310000
2:0084985621000
3:0015781628931027886
4:0026312710292390284344
5:0037153850743920513840
6:0047365108119115878711557
7:00582363892088236514132476
8:00695677322593312420753394
9:00819791533602383224534309
10:009753108004190453733005079
11:0011510126584751520343825989
12:0013395145415047568152436934
13:0016096168155189620162847643
14:0019057190085546664973208561
15:0022084206376964724683549322
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won clearly more often than the standard build while losing far less metal by every checkpoint.

  • + Own metal lost is roughly half the standard build's at 5:00 and 10:00.
  • + Metal produced by 15:00 is higher than standard despite the rush.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed is slightly lower than standard at every checkpoint.
  • − Commits to Vehicle Plant by 0:29 in 100% of games, leaving little flexibility.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

hannibalrising

32.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 41344 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:45Middle 50%: 0:29–0:50 · n=45
Advanced Metal Extractor9:32Middle 50%: 8:29–10:24 · n=38

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