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Pounder assault push

Vehicle plant into an early Pounder riot line by 1:16, backed by Rascal raiders, Wolverine artillery and Brute assault tanks, pushing into the middle earlier than the norm.

Usually 3 mex, then lab (68%)

#push #raid #artillery · 18 distinct matches · 6 players · 3% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 63% of 19 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • PounderT1 vehicle riot from 1:16 · 10% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 10% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 1:36
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%12% of all Suicide front games by then
  • WolverineWolverine in 84%6% of all Suicide front games by then
  • RascalRascal in 79%7% of all Suicide front games by then
  • BruteBrute in 68%3% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 19 games with kill data: in the middle 89%, on their own side 11%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,555 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into brute (25% of army), wolverine (12% of army), Rattlesnake (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Pounder pressure by 1:26

  1. Open straight into Vehicle Plant instead of the usual bot lab.
  2. Send early Rascal raiders out to harass and scout.
  3. Lead the push with Pounder riot tanks at middle.
  4. Add Wolverine light arty to back the vehicle line.
  5. Transition into Brute-heavy assault as the army scales.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 18 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 Extractor3Mex+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 3 mexdone ~0:48, middle half 0:47–0:52

    By 0:29 in all: 3 mex (standard 1)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:49 · typical 0:48
  2. 2

    Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle riot

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. PounderT1 vehicle riot after 3 mex, 1 wind
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: mex (32%)

    By 1:16 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. RascalRascal
    2. Mex
    3. RascalRascal
    4. GuardGuard
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. GuardGuard
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. PounderPounderdone 2:08
  3. 3

    T1 vehicle riot to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind+6 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Guard2 Guard
    • Wolverine5 Wolverine +5 vs standard
    • Pounder3 Pounder +3 vs standard
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (42%) · rascal (42%) · brute (42%) · Twin Guard (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 Graverobber · 2 con bot · 14 thug

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. GuardGuard ×2
    3. PounderPounder
    4. Mex
    5. WolverineWolverine ×2
    6. GuardGuard
    7. PounderPounder
    8. Wind
    9. GuardGuard
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. PounderPounder
    13. GuardGuard
    14. WolverineWolverine
    15. Wind
    16. WolverineWolverine
    17. Wind
    18. WolverineWolverine ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Brute8 Brute +8 vs standard
    • Pounder2 Pounder +2 vs standard
    • Rascal2 Rascal +2 vs standard
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: lasher (47%) · energy storage (32%) · Twin Guard (32%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 24 wind (standard 18) · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 87 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PounderPounder ×2
    3. Wind
    4. WolverineWolverine
    5. Wind
    6. WolverineWolverine
    7. Wind
    8. WolverineWolverine
    9. Wind
    10. WolverineWolverine
    11. Wind
    12. PounderPounder
    13. Wind
    14. PounderPounder
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. WolverineWolverine
    19. Wind
    20. PounderPounder
    21. RascalRascal
    22. CastroCastro
    23. Wind
    24. RascalRascal ×2
    25. Wind
    26. RascalRascal ×2
    27. Wind
    28. RascalRascal
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RascalRascal
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret
    33. RascalRascal ×5
    34. Wind
    35. RascalRascal ×2
    36. Wind
    37. RascalRascal
    38. Wind
    39. RascalRascal
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53 · typical 9:53
    42. RascalRascal
    43. Wind
    44. RascalRascal ×2
    45. Wind
    46. RascalRascal
    47. Wind
    48. RascalRascal
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. RascalRascal
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal ×2
    53. Wind
    54. RascalRascal
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. RascalRascal
    58. Mex
    59. Wind
    60. RascalRascal
    61. Wind
    62. RascalRascal
    63. Wind
    64. RascalRascal ×2
    65. Wind ×2
    66. RascalRascal ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Con turret
    69. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    70. Wind
    71. CastroCastro
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. RascalRascal ×2
    76. GuardGuard
    77. RascalRascal
    78. Energy storage
    79. GuardGuard
    80. RascalRascal ×2
    81. GuardGuard
    82. RascalRascal ×11
    83. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    84. RascalRascal ×5
    85. CastroCastro
    86. RascalRascal ×8
    87. Radar TowerRadar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Ricardo's (44 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 0:13 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geofirst at 7:45 · in 53% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle from Geofirst at 9:06 · in 32% 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

19 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
1:003802730000
2:009409560000
3:00178520581301910130
4:0027703151605663220628
5:0038874328109916974261420
6:00487055341939256510962380
7:00626567682755356414363465
8:00742079714096450524504456
9:00849792344336518631455453
10:009647104505415581142666293
11:0010597119465415628847237124
12:0012375136125694681560508150
13:0014399153065724746167398924
14:0016932170546030822180629879
15:00195891877677998872922610532
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

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

  • + Lost only 426 metal by 5:00 vs 1451 standard.
  • + Team won 63% vs 50% for the standard build.
  • − Destroyed less enemy metal than standard by 15:00 (7799 vs 8805).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RAM_Ricardo

44.0 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

43 received units · includes a constructor
149 metal received · 26929 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:47–0:52 · n=19
Advanced Metal Extractor9:53Middle 50%: 9:38–10:58 · n=15

Played most by

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