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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 · 15 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 0:49 · typical 0:48
    4. RascalRascal
    5. Mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Mex
    10. GuardGuard
    11. IncisorIncisor
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. GuardGuard
    15. PounderPounderdone 2:39
  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 · 19 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Wind
    3. PounderPounder
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. WolverineWolverine
    7. Wind
    8. WolverineWolverine
    9. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    10. WolverineWolverine
    11. Wind
    12. PounderPounder
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. WolverineWolverine ×2
    16. Wind
    17. CastroCastrofor Geo sea
    18. WolverineWolverine
    19. Wind
  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 · 181 steps
    1. PounderPounder
    2. Wind
    3. WolverineWolverine
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. WolverineWolverine
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. WolverineWolverine
    10. PounderPounder
    11. Wind
    12. CastroCastro
    13. WolverineWolverine
    14. Wind
    15. WolverineWolverine
    16. Wind
    17. WolverineWolverine
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Wind
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. Wind
    27. CastroCastro
    28. Wind
    29. RascalRascal ×2
    30. Wind
    31. RascalRascal ×2
    32. AgitatorAgitatordone 9:13
    33. RascalRascal
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. RascalRascal
    37. Wind
    38. RascalRascal
    39. Wind
    40. RascalRascal
    41. Wind
    42. RascalRascal ×5
    43. Con turret
    44. RascalRascal ×3
    45. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:19
    46. RascalRascal ×2
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. RascalRascal
    50. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    51. Wind
    52. RascalRascal
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:31 · typical 9:57
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    66. Wind
    67. Mex
    68. GruntGrunt
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. Wind
    73. GruntGrunt
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind
    76. RascalRascal
    77. GruntGrunt ×2
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. Wind
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Converter
    83. RascalRascal
    84. GruntGrunt
    85. Wind
    86. GruntGrunt
    87. RascalRascal
    88. GruntGrunt
    89. Wind
    90. RascalRascal
    91. GruntGrunt
    92. Wind
    93. RascalRascal
    94. JunoJuno
    95. GruntGrunt
    96. RascalRascal
    97. Wind
    98. GruntGrunt
    99. RascalRascal
    100. Converter
    101. RascalRascal
    102. Wind
    103. RascalRascal
    104. GruntGrunt
    105. Wind
    106. RascalRascal
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. RascalRascal
    109. Wind
    110. GruntGrunt
    111. RascalRascal
    112. Wind
    113. RascalRascal
    114. GruntGrunt
    115. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. RascalRascal
    119. Wind
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    121. RascalRascal
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. GruntGrunt
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. RascalRascal
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    127. RascalRascal
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. RascalRascal
    131. Wind
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. RascalRascal
    134. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    137. Wind
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. RascalRascal
    140. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    141. Converter
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. RascalRascal
    144. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    145. Wind
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. GruntGrunt
    148. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    149. RascalRascal
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. Wind
    152. GruntGrunt
    153. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    154. RascalRascal
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. GruntGrunt
    157. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    158. Wind
    159. RascalRascal
    160. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    161. GruntGrunt
    162. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    163. RascalRascal
    164. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 14:56
    165. Wind
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    167. GruntGrunt
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    169. RascalRascal
    170. GruntGrunt
    171. Wind
    172. RascalRascal
    173. GruntGrunt
    174. Wind
    175. Converter
    176. Wind
    177. GruntGrunt
    178. Wind
    179. RascalRascal
    180. Wind
    181. RascalRascal

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 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

RAM_Ricardo

44.0 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
117 metal received · 7260 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

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