Suicide front / Cortex / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

T1 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 Plant in 100%12% of all Suicide front games by then
Wolverine in 84%6% of all Suicide front games by then
Rascal in 79%7% of all Suicide front games by then
Brute 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

0:03Open straight into Vehicle Plant instead of the usual bot lab.
1:07Send early Rascal raiders out to harass and scout.
1:16Lead the push with Pounder riot tanks at middle.
2:46Add Wolverine light arty to back the vehicle line.
4:49+Transition into Brute-heavy assault as the army scales.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 18 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD SUICIDE FRONT

1
2
31:16
45:00

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
Up to the Vehicle Plant
0:00 – 0:29
Economy
- 3Mex+2 vs standard
Order
1. Vehicle Plant ~0:29after 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 · 2 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:29Vehicle Plantdone 0:48 · typical 0:48
2
Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle riot
0:29 – 1:16
Economy
- 1Wind
Order
1. T1 vehicle riot ~1:16after 3 mex, 1 wind
Builders
- 1 Con vehicle
Some games also: mex (32%)
By 1:16 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind
The example game in this phase · 1 step
1. 0:49Pounderdone 1:02
3
T1 vehicle riot to 5:00
1:16 – 5:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 7Wind+6 vs standard
Builders
- 3 Con vehicle +3 vs standard
Army
- 2 Guard
- 5 Wolverine +5 vs standard
- 3 Pounder +3 vs standard
Other
- 1 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 · 30 steps
1. 0:50Wind ×2
2. 1:04Pounder
3. 1:07Wind ×2
4. 1:21Rascal
5. 1:26Con vehicle ×2
6. 1:46Wind
7. 1:51Con vehicle
8. 2:03Pounder
9. 2:12Mex ×2
10. 2:16Wind
11. 2:25Rascal
12. 2:25Radar Tower
13. 2:33Wolverine
14. 2:47Mex
15. 2:50Wolverine
16. 2:55Guard
17. 2:57Mex
18. 3:06Con vehicle
19. 3:11Guard
20. 3:18Mex
21. 3:25Pounder
22. 3:33Twin Guard
23. 3:40Rascal
24. 3:46Wolverine ×3
25. 4:20Dragon's Teeth ×7
26. 4:31Con vehicle
27. 4:33Dragon's Teeth
28. 4:38Castro
29. 4:43Pounder
30. 4:46Dragon's Teeth ×2
4
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Mex
- 15Wind
Builders
- 2 Con turret
- 2 Con vehicle +2 vs standard
Army
- 1 Guard
- 8 Brute +8 vs standard
- 2 Pounder +2 vs standard
- 2 Rascal +2 vs standard
Other
- 1 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 · 151 steps
1. 5:05Rascal
2. 5:10Wolverine ×2
3. 5:32Guard
4. 5:33Wolverine
5. 5:46Brute ×2
6. 6:00Guard ×2
7. 6:13Exploiter
8. 6:14Con vehicle
9. 6:19Metal storage
10. 6:27Wind
11. 6:37Con turret
12. 6:40Solar
13. 6:46Wind
14. 6:55Brute
15. 7:05Wind
16. 7:07Con turret
17. 7:12Solar
18. 7:12Brute
19. 7:17Wind
20. 7:20Guard
21. 7:23Brute
22. 7:28Wind
23. 7:31Guard
24. 7:35Rascal
25. 7:39Lasher
26. 7:43Wind
27. 7:45Solar
28. 7:51Dragon's Teeth ×2
29. 7:53Con vehicle
30. 7:55Dragon's Teeth
31. 7:56Wind
32. 7:58Dragon's Teeth ×2
33. 8:03Brute
34. 8:04Dragon's Teeth ×3
35. 8:08Wind
36. 8:13Brute
37. 8:14Dragon's Teeth
38. 8:15Solar
39. 8:18Wind
40. 8:23Brute
41. 8:29Dragon's Teeth ×2
42. 8:32Brute
43. 8:34Dragon's Teeth ×2
44. 8:36Wind
45. 8:42Incisor
46. 8:43Guard
47. 8:46Wind
48. 8:53Incisor
49. 8:57Wind
50. 9:02Incisor
51. 9:07Wind
52. 9:09Incisor
53. 9:12Dragon's Teeth
54. 9:20Wind
55. 9:21Trapper
56. 9:22Wind
57. 9:26Dragon's Teeth ×2
58. 9:30Wind
59. 9:30Dragon's Teeth
60. 9:31Incisor
61. 9:32Dragon's Teeth
62. 9:33Wind
63. 9:34Dragon's Teeth ×2
64. 9:38Incisor
65. 9:39Wind
66. 9:39Dragon's Teeth
67. 9:45Incisor
68. 9:51Wind
69. 9:54Incisor
70. 9:57Wind
71. 10:05Incisor
72. 10:05Wind ×2
73. 10:14Incisor
74. 10:16Dragon's Teeth
75. 10:18T2 mexdone 11:20 · typical 9:53
76. 10:19Dragon's Teeth
77. 10:20Incisor
78. 10:21Wind
79. 10:23Dragon's Teeth
80. 10:26Incisor
81. 10:28Dragon's Teeth
82. 10:29Wind
83. 10:32Incisor
84. 10:33Dragon's Teeth
85. 10:36Wind
86. 10:37Dragon's Teeth
87. 10:38Incisor
88. 10:42Dragon's Teeth
89. 10:44Wind
90. 10:44Incisor
91. 10:47Dragon's Teeth
92. 10:51Wind
93. 10:51Dragon's Teeth
94. 10:51Incisor
95. 10:57Dragon's Teeth
96. 10:58Mex
97. 11:06Dragon's Teeth
98. 11:09T2 mex
99. 11:10Incisor
100. 11:12Dragon's Teeth
101. 11:25T2 mex
102. 11:25Incisor ×3
103. 11:49Mex
104. 11:53T2 mex
105. 11:54Incisor ×5
106. 12:25T2 mex
107. 12:26Incisor ×2
108. 12:32T2 mex
109. 12:36Incisor
110. 12:40Con turret
111. 12:41Incisor
112. 12:49Advanced solar
113. 12:54Con turret
114. 12:57Vehicle Plantdone 13:56
115. 12:57Incisor
116. 13:03T2 mex
117. 13:06Advanced solar
118. 13:11Incisor ×2
119. 13:22Advanced solar
120. 13:25Incisor
121. 13:28Advanced solar
122. 13:37Fortification Wall ×2
123. 13:39T2 mex
124. 13:41Incisor
125. 13:43Advanced solar
126. 13:43Fortification Wall
127. 13:49Wind
128. 13:53Con turret
129. 13:56Incisor ×2
130. 13:59Con turret
131. 14:07Wind
132. 14:08Incisor
133. 14:09Con turret
134. 14:09Incisor
135. 14:19Wind
136. 14:21Pit Bull
137. 14:23Incisor ×2
138. 14:24Wind ×2
139. 14:28Fortification Wall
140. 14:28Incisor ×2
141. 14:32Fortification Wall
142. 14:33Incisor
143. 14:35Fortification Wall
144. 14:36Incisor ×2
145. 14:44Rascal
146. 14:46Fortification Wall
147. 14:46Wind
148. 14:47Incisor ×2
149. 14:50Wind
150. 14:52Rascal
151. 14:52Incisor ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CommandoMan's (35 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:13 · in 68% of games
1 T2 con bot from Geofirst at 7:45 · in 53% of games
1 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

By	Metal produced: This build	Metal produced: Standard suicide front	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: Standard suicide front	Own metal lost: This build	Own metal lost: Standard suicide front
1:00	380	274	0	0	0	0
2:00	940	963	0	0	0	0
3:00	1785	2060	130	193	0	133
4:00	2770	3153	605	673	220	635
5:00	3887	4330	1099	1708	426	1422
6:00	4870	5534	1939	2565	1096	2408
7:00	6265	6770	2755	3564	1436	3469
8:00	7420	7982	4096	4498	2450	4456
9:00	8497	9264	4336	5186	3145	5453
10:00	9647	10490	5415	5851	4266	6293
11:00	10597	12006	5415	6324	4723	7128
12:00	12375	13660	5694	6831	6050	8150
13:00	14399	15306	5724	7506	6739	8913
14:00	16932	17054	6030	8263	8062	9835
15:00	19589	18776	7799	8872	9226	10515

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

35.1 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
158 metal received · 17986 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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Pounder assault push

Phase by phase

Up to the Vehicle Plant

Vehicle Plant to T1 vehicle riot

T1 vehicle riot to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

CommandoMan

Typical milestones

Played most by

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