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Bot Lab into an early Mace-led T1 bot assault by 2:07, pushing into the middle and sometimes into the enemy base, well ahead of the role's usual army composition.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→3% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 53% of 64 · Then: blitz · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo skips straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant and fields Mauser artillery from 5:57, much earlier than the role's usual T2 timeline, sometimes with Umbra jammer support, pushing into the middle and occasionally the enemy base.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant
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→4% of Armada Geo games · team won 57% of 49 · Then: Jaguar, Starlight · Last seen 25 Sept
Vehicle Plant opens instead of Bot Lab, and by 2:08 the player commits to Lasher missile trucks (with early Incisor raiding) that push straight to middle and fight there, well ahead of the role's usual T2 constructor timing.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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→×27% of Cortex Front games · team won 59% of 17 · Then: incisor, brute · Last seen 23 Sept
Pond goes air instead of the usual ground boost, building an Aircraft Plant by ~3:30 and dropping in a transport, then sending Shuriken and Valiant to fight forward in the middle from under 5 minutes.
Aircraft Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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×35% of Cortex Pond games · team won 62% of 13 · Then: valiant, grunt · Last seen 22 Sept
Pond skips the usual eco-only start to build a shipyard by ~3:00 and push Riptides and Oppressors into the middle from under 4 minutes, pumping T1 naval assault far earlier than any normal Pond.
Bot Lab → Shipyard → Frigate → Destroyer
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→→→6% of Cortex Pond games · team won 40% of 15 · Then: frigate, missile corvette · Last seen 25 Sept
Front skips the usual Vehicle Plant opening for an early Bot Lab, pushing Mace bots out by 2:18 to fight forward at middle well before the norm, later adding Centurion to hold the line.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
→→×2→×5→→→×4→1% of Armada Front games · team won 47% of 15 · Then: pawn · Last seen 21 Sept
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.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor
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3% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 63% of 19 · Then: brute, wolverine, Rattlesnake · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo rushes an Advanced Vehicle Plant to field a Tzar around 6 minutes, far earlier than the role's typical first T2 unit, leading the front push before adding Omen support and Fury anti-air.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant
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5% of Cortex Geo games · team won 63% of 19 · Then: tiger · Last seen 20 Sept
Front skips early economy expansion to push Stout tanks out of the Vehicle Plant by 4:38, reaching a real Stout push around 7:00 to fight forward at middle before falling back on a delayed Bot Lab and mex.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Bot Lab
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×5→→×2→×82% of Armada Front games · team won 35% of 23 · Then: janus, blitz · Last seen 22 Sept
Pond opens a Bot Lab by ~3:15 and pushes Thugs into the middle from just after 4 minutes, fighting forward instead of the usual pure economy start.
Bot Lab → Advanced Metal Extractor
×9→→×4→×4→→×4→→5% of Cortex Pond games · team won 50% of 12 · Last seen 18 Sept
Pond rushes straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant by ~4:00 and pushes a Tzar with Quaker and Fury support into the enemy base from under 5 minutes, skipping the normal boost/lab phase entirely for a fast T2 assault.
Vehicle Plant → Advanced Vehicle Plant → Tzar → Quaker
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4% of Cortex Pond games · team won 91% of 11 · Then: tiger, quaker · Last seen 24 Sept
Geo builds toward T2 vehicles and brings out Starlight tachyon tanks around 8-9 minutes to snipe from range in the middle, alongside Umbra support, instead of the usual bot-based T2 push.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Bot Lab
×3→×3→→→→→→3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 69% of 13 · Then: Jaguar · Last seen 22 Sept
Geo skips ahead to T1 bot assault with Thug from under 2 minutes, pushing into the middle very early while relying on an ally for T2 constructor supply, before transitioning to Arbiter and Mammoth.
Bot Lab → Geothermal Powerplant → Advanced Metal Extractor → Advanced Geothermal Powerplant
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→×2→→→×3→3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 69% of 13 · Then: Arbiter, Sumo, Sheldon · Last seen 25 Sept
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