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Goon raid

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo builds a Hovercraft Platform very early (by 4:38) and sends Goon hovercraft raiders into the middle and enemy base from under 5 minutes, long before any T2 commitment, later folding into a standard T2 transition.

#raid #rush #amphibious · 14 distinct matches · 5 players · 3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 57% of 14 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • GoonHover raid from 4:43 · 4% of role by thenFrom the Hovercraft Platform. Only 4% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 4:40
  • Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform in 100%4% of all Geo games by then
  • WhirlwindWhirlwind in 50%11% of all Geo games by then
  • FinchFinch in 50%10% of all Geo games by then
  • ValiantValiant in 43%14% of all Geo games by then

Where those units first fight, in 13 games with kill data: in the middle 92%, in the enemy base 8%.

Those units destroy a typical 485 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into whirlwind (15% of army), Sumo (14% of army), Sheldon (11% of army).

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 14 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:22, middle half 1:14–1:47

    By 1:00 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:48 · typical 1:22
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Hover raid

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter−5 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform after 4 mex, 6 wind, 3 con turret
    4. GoonHover raid after 4 mex, 6 wind, 3 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret −2 vs standard
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    By 4:39 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 geo · 2 converter (standard 7) · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Energy storage
    13. Mex
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:31 · typical 3:41
    16. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    17. Wind ×3
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 5:32 · typical 4:38
    24. Converter ×2
    25. GuardGuard
    26. GoonGoondone 5:44
  3. 3

    Hover raid to Aircraft Plant

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−3 vs standard
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platform
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 6 converter, 5 con turret
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant after 8 wind, 5 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:51, middle half 7:41–7:57
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    Army
    • Goon8 Goon +8 vs standard

    By 7:42 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 7 converter (standard 13) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Mex
    3. GoonGoon
    4. Converter ×2
    5. GoonGoon
    6. Converter
    7. GoonGoon
    8. Converter
    9. GoonGoon ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Con turret
    12. GoonGoon ×2
    13. Converter
    14. GoonGoon
    15. Converter
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:23 · typical 5:45
    17. GoonGoon
    18. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:34
    21. Converter
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Converter
    24. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
  4. 4

    Aircraft Plant to Advanced Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 8 wind, 8 converter, 9 con turretdone ~9:26, middle half 8:49–10:05
    Army
    • Whirlwind5 Whirlwind +5 vs standard

    Some games also: con turret (43%) · valiant (43%) · finch (43%) · converter (36%)

    By 8:39 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 8 converter (standard 16) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:09 · typical 9:26
  5. 5

    Advanced Bot Lab to 15:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter+7 vs standard
    Order
    1. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plant in 50% of games
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: crawling bomb (50%) · T2 con bot (50%) · Sheldon (43%) · Nemesis (43%) · Prevailer (43%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 Sheldon

    By 15:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind (standard 24) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 22 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Converter
    2. PrudePrude
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. SumoSumo ×2not finished by 15:00
    5. GuardGuard
    6. FiendFiend
    7. Mex
    8. FiendFiend
    9. GuardGuard
    10. FiendFiend
    11. SumoSumo
    12. Energy storage
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    14. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 11:42 · typical 11:04
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. Converter ×3
    18. SumoSumo
    19. Converter
    20. GuardGuard
    21. SumoSumo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MrCoolPotato's (38 OS, 05/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach seafirst at 2:21 · in 86% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:34 · in 93% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 9:23 · in 57% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:57 · in 100% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

14 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003823350000
2:009188500000
3:00163415090000
4:00256126490000
5:003874371400250
6:0057095615001610
7:007696798331804380
8:00104231104981905330
9:00132811405489343993120
10:00162131691624704241339260
11:001836719848268213403074800
12:0020878227013029255431041790
13:0024077256573452436739432860
14:0027109284974695614243964539
15:0029269315194695826453786575
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

MrCoolPotato

38.1 OS · 05/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 46896 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:22Middle 50%: 1:14–1:47 · n=14
Geothermal Powerplant3:41Middle 50%: 3:25–3:45 · n=14
Hovercraft Platform4:38Middle 50%: 4:13–4:46 · n=14
Advanced Metal Extractor5:45Middle 50%: 5:28–6:10 · n=14
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:34Middle 50%: 7:20–7:57 · n=12
Aircraft Plant7:51Middle 50%: 7:41–7:57 · n=8
Advanced Bot Lab9:26Middle 50%: 8:49–10:05 · n=10
Skuttle11:04Middle 50%: 9:29–11:21 · n=7

Played most by

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