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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:50 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. RascalRascal ×3
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind
    6. RascalRascal ×4
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Mex
    9. LasherLasherdone 2:11
  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 · 30 steps
    1. LasherLasher ×2
    2. Mex
    3. GuardGuard
    4. LasherLasher ×2
    5. Mex
    6. LasherLasher
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. LasherLasher
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    10. LasherLasher
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    12. LasherLasher
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. WolverineWolverine
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    16. WolverineWolverine
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. WolverineWolverine
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Con turret
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. WolverineWolverine
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    24. LasherLasher
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. PounderPounder
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. LasherLasher
  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 · 107 steps
    1. BeholderBeholder
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. AgitatorAgitatordone 7:17
    5. LasherLasher
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    13. Wind
    14. GuardGuard
    15. CastroCastro
    16. GuardGuard
    17. Wind
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. Wind
    20. Energy storage
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:32
    26. Wind
    27. Energy storage
    28. Con turret
    29. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    37. Wind ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:44
    40. Con turret
    41. FinchFinch
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. FinchFinch
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. FinchFinch
    47. Wind
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    51. FinchFinch
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    53. FinchFinch
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. FinchFinch
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    58. FinchFinch
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. FinchFinch ×2
    62. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    63. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:45
    64. FinchFinch ×2
    65. GruntGrunt
    66. FinchFinch
    67. GruntGrunt ×2
    68. FinchFinch
    69. GruntGrunt ×2
    70. FinchFinch
    71. GruntGrunt ×3
    72. FinchFinch
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    74. FinchFinch
    75. GruntGrunt
    76. GuardGuard
    77. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    78. FinchFinch
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. GuardGuard
    82. FinchFinch
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. FinchFinch
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. FinchFinch
    89. GruntGrunt
    90. FinchFinch
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. FinchFinch
    93. GruntGrunt
    94. Con turret
    95. FinchFinch
    96. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    97. GruntGrunt
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    99. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    100. FinchFinch
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    103. Con turret
    104. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. FinchFinch
    107. Fortification WallFortification Wall

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); 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
3:0015781627931047886
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

Godmother13

37.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
268 metal received · 45557 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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