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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:02 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. RascalRascal ×4
    3. Mex
    4. RascalRascal ×3
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. GuardGuard
    11. LasherLasherdone 2:56
  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 · 20 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. LasherLasher
    3. Wind
    4. LasherLasher
    5. Con turret
    6. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    7. Wind
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Con turret
    10. CastroCastro
    11. LasherLasher
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. LasherLasher
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. LasherLasher
    18. Wind
    19. WolverineWolverine ×2
    20. Wind
  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 · 187 steps
    1. WolverineWolverine
    2. Wind
    3. WolverineWolverine
    4. WardenWarden
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. WolverineWolverine ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Con turret
    12. WolverineWolverine
    13. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. AgitatorAgitatornot finished by 15:00
    25. Wind
    26. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Mex
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×3
    39. RascalRascal ×2
    40. Converter
    41. RascalRascal
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. RascalRascal
    47. Converter
    48. Con turret
    49. RascalRascal ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. RascalRascal ×2
    55. Wind
    56. RascalRascal
    57. Wind
    58. RascalRascal
    59. Converter
    60. RascalRascal ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. RascalRascal
    64. Wind
    65. RascalRascal
    66. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. RascalRascal
    71. Wind
    72. RascalRascal ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. RascalRascal
    76. Wind
    77. RascalRascal
    78. CastroCastro
    79. Converter
    80. RascalRascal ×2
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. RascalRascal
    86. Converter
    87. RascalRascal
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. RascalRascal ×2
    93. Wind
    94. RascalRascal
    95. Converter
    96. RascalRascal
    97. Wind
    98. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:50
    99. Converter
    100. RascalRascal
    101. Converter
    102. Wind
    103. RascalRascal
    104. Wind
    105. Converter
    106. RascalRascal ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Converter ×2
    109. RascalRascal
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. RascalRascal ×2
    113. Wind
    114. RascalRascal
    115. Converter ×2
    116. RascalRascal
    117. Wind
    118. Converter
    119. RascalRascal ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Converter
    122. RascalRascal
    123. Wind
    124. Converter ×3
    125. RascalRascal
    126. Wind
    127. RascalRascal
    128. Converter
    129. RascalRascal
    130. Wind
    131. RascalRascal
    132. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    133. RascalRascal
    134. Converter
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. RascalRascal
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:32
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind ×2
    140. RascalRascal
    141. GruntGrunt
    142. Converter
    143. RascalRascal
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Energy storage
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    152. Wind
    153. Converter
    154. RascalRascal
    155. Wind
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. RascalRascal
    158. Converter
    159. GruntGrunt
    160. Converter
    161. RascalRascal
    162. GruntGrunt
    163. Wind
    164. RascalRascal
    165. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. Wind
    168. RascalRascal
    169. Converter
    170. Wind
    171. GuardGuard
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×2
    175. RascalRascal
    176. GruntGrunt
    177. ScorpionScorpion
    178. Wind
    179. RascalRascal
    180. Converter
    181. GuardGuard
    182. Wind
    183. RascalRascal
    184. Wind
    185. GruntGrunt
    186. Wind
    187. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is nezero's (32 OS, 27/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:15 · 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
3:0015781627931047886
4:0026312711292389284341
5:0037153853743921513839
6:0047365109119115898711556
7:00582363952088237214132474
8:00695677262593312520753385
9:00819791513602383724534291
10:009753107984190453833005079
11:0011510126424751520543825987
12:0013395145085047569052436925
13:0016096168145189620662847630
14:0019057189695546666373208539
15:0022084206326964725783549305
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

nezero

31.7 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 34969 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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