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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 (70%)

#push #raid #artillery · 19 distinct matches · 6 players · 4% 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 · 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 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 · 9 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:36 · typical 0:48
    3. Wind
    4. RascalRascal
    5. Wind
    6. RascalRascal ×2
    7. IncisorIncisor
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. PounderPounderdone 1:24
  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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Mex
    3. PounderPounder
    4. Mex
    5. LasherLasher
    6. Mex
    7. PounderPounder
    8. BruteBrute
    9. Mex
    10. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    11. WolverineWolverine
    12. Mex
    13. WolverineWolverine ×4
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    15. IncisorIncisor ×2
  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 · 95 steps
    1. IncisorIncisor ×3
    2. Wind
    3. IncisorIncisor
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. IncisorIncisor
    7. Wind
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    9. IncisorIncisor
    10. Wind
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. IncisorIncisor
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. Wind
    15. IncisorIncisor
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. IncisorIncisor
    18. Wind
    19. IncisorIncisor
    20. Wind
    21. IncisorIncisor
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:28 · typical 9:57
    23. IncisorIncisor
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. IncisorIncisor
    27. Wind
    28. GuardGuard
    29. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    30. Wind
    31. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    32. Wind
    33. BruteBrute
    34. Wind
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. BruteBrute
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. BruteBrute
    40. Wind
    41. BruteBrute
    42. Wind
    43. PounderPounder
    44. GuardGuard
    45. Wind
    46. PounderPounder ×2
    47. GuardGuard
    48. Wind
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. BruteBrute
    51. GuardGuard
    52. Wind
    53. GuardGuard
    54. BruteBrute
    55. Wind
    56. BruteBrute
    57. Wind
    58. BruteBrute
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    62. BruteBrute
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    64. GuardGuard
    65. BruteBrute
    66. Wind
    67. GuardGuard
    68. BruteBrute
    69. Wind
    70. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. GuardGuard
    74. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    75. Wind ×3
    76. BruteBrute
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BruteBrute
    79. Wind ×2
    80. GuardGuard
    81. BruteBrute
    82. Wind ×2
    83. GuardGuard
    84. BruteBrute
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind ×2
    87. BruteBrute
    88. GuardGuard
    89. Wind ×3
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. BruteBrute
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (38 OS, 07/08/2026); 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
1:003892750000
2:009409640000
3:00177920591321930133
4:0027633151624673233635
5:0038354328116616934911420
6:00495055321981256111562403
7:00628467703086356414613490
8:00742479504134449823754460
9:00855892344342521131715483
10:009710104655454585744066310
11:0010632119895475636649227149
12:0012546136125709683161578150
13:0014619151845856750670928924
14:0017039169557296831879809835
15:00200901835783568904906010495
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

TrollHardGoPro

37.7 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
183 metal received · 14198 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

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