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Pounder assault push

An early vehicle plant produces a Pounder-led riot line by 1:16, paired with Wolverine artillery and Rascal raiders, before growing into Brutes for a forward assault push in the middle.

Usually 3 mex, then lab (70%)

#push #artillery #raid · 19 distinct matches · 6 players · 3% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 65% of 20 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • PounderT1 vehicle riot from 1:16 · 9% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 9% of Suicide front games have it by then; others who build it get it around 1:36
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 100%11% of all Suicide front games by then
  • WolverineWolverine in 85%6% of all Suicide front games by then
  • RascalRascal in 80%7% of all Suicide front games by then
  • BruteBrute in 70%3% of all Suicide front games by then

Where those units first fight, in 20 games with kill data: in the middle 90%, on their own side 10%.

Those units destroy a typical 1,762 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into brute (26% 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 19 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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 T1 vehicle riot

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 3 mex
    2. PounderT1 vehicle riot after 3 mex, 1 wind

    Some games also: con vehicle (50%) · Guard (40%) · rascal (30%)

    By 1:09 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:46 · typical 0:48
    3. Wind
    4. PounderPounderdone 1:06
  2. 2

    T1 vehicle riot to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind+6 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle3 Con vehicle +3 vs standard
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Wolverine6 Wolverine +6 vs standard
    • Pounder3 Pounder +3 vs standard
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: rascal (45%) · con turret (40%) · Twin Guard (40%) · brute (40%)

    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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. RascalRascal
    3. PounderPounder
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. RascalRascal
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. PounderPounder
    8. ThistleThistle
    9. RascalRascal
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. WolverineWolverine ×2
    14. Mex
    15. WolverineWolverine
    16. GuardGuard
    17. WolverineWolverine ×2
    18. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    19. WolverineWolverine ×2
    20. GuardGuard
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. BruteBrute ×2
    23. Mex
    24. BruteBrute
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. BruteBrute ×2
    27. GuardGuard
    28. RascalRascal
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine16Wind
    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 (50%) · Dragon's Teeth (50%) · wolverine (50%) · energy storage (35%) · Twin Guard (30%)

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

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 25 wind (standard 18) · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 180 steps
    1. BruteBrute
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. BruteBrute
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. BruteBrute
    7. Wind
    8. RascalRascal ×2
    9. Wind
    10. RascalRascal
    11. Metal storage
    12. RascalRascal ×3
    13. Wind
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. RascalRascal
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. RascalRascal
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Wind
    20. RascalRascal
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. RascalRascal
    23. BruteBrute
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. BruteBrute
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. WolverineWolverine
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. WolverineWolverine
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. GuardGuard
    40. BruteBrute
    41. Converter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Energy storage
    44. RascalRascal
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind ×3
    47. Con turret
    48. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:50 · typical 9:57
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Wind
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. Wind
    64. GuardGuard
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:08
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    72. Pit BullPit Bull
    73. Wind
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Wind
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. GruntGrunt ×3
    83. Wind
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 11:18
    86. GruntGrunt ×2
    87. Wind
    88. CastroCastro
    89. GruntGrunt ×4
    90. Wind
    91. GruntGrunt ×4
    92. Wind
    93. GruntGrunt ×4
    94. Wind
    95. GruntGrunt ×4
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×3
    98. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt ×3
    102. Wind
    103. GruntGrunt ×3
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Con turret
    108. GruntGrunt ×3
    109. Wind
    110. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:30
    111. GruntGrunt ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. GraverobberGraverobber
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. GraverobberGraverobber
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Con turret
    121. Energy storage
    122. GraverobberGraverobber
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:45
    125. GruntGrunt
    126. Wind ×2
    127. GruntGrunt ×2
    128. Wind
    129. Cloakable Fusion ReactorCloakable Fusion Reactordone 14:16
    130. GruntGrunt
    131. Wind ×2
    132. GruntGrunt ×4
    133. Wind
    134. GruntGrunt
    135. Wind
    136. GruntGrunt ×6
    137. Wind
    138. Energy storage
    139. GruntGrunt ×4
    140. Wind
    141. GruntGrunt ×2
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt
    144. Wind
    145. GruntGrunt ×3
    146. Energy storage
    147. Wind ×2
    148. GruntGrunt
    149. Wind
    150. GruntGrunt
    151. GraverobberGraverobber
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Wind
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Energy storage
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Wind
    158. GruntGrunt
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt ×5
    161. GraverobberGraverobber
    162. GruntGrunt ×2
    163. Energy storage
    164. GruntGrunt ×8
    165. EradicatorEradicator
    166. GruntGrunt
    167. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    168. GruntGrunt
    169. GraverobberGraverobber
    170. GruntGrunt ×8
    171. GraverobberGraverobber
    172. GruntGrunt ×6
    173. Energy storage
    174. GruntGrunt ×2
    175. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    176. GruntGrunt ×7
    177. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    178. GruntGrunt ×2
    179. GraverobberGraverobber
    180. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CommandoMan's (39 OS, 05/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:13 · in 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geofirst at 8:03 · in 55% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle from Geofirst at 9:06 · in 30% 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

010k20k30k
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

20 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
1:003892770000
2:009409690000
3:00177920651321930133
4:0027633154624683233643
5:0038354305116616364911416
6:00495055301981254711562414
7:00628467273086355114613533
8:00742479194134449423754504
9:00855891654342516731715488
10:009710104185454585344066283
11:0010632119805475631449227108
12:0012546135615709683061577989
13:0014619152175856744770928812
14:0017039170187296821979809641
15:00200901838783568782906010388
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

CommandoMan

39.1 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
392 metal received · 77047 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:47–0:51 · n=20
Advanced Metal Extractor9:57Middle 50%: 9:39–11:10 · n=16

Played most by

CommandoMan10games of this buildMischievousDragonGF4games of this buildRAM_Ricardo3games of this build[crd]sisa1game of this buildGieds1game of this build