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Incisor raid

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo builds a vehicle plant early and sends Incisors out around 6:48 to raid, but nearly half the games show units fighting on Geo's own side with notable prior team pressure.

#raid · 30 distinct matches · 16 players · 4% of Cortex Geo games · team won 37% of 30 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • IncisorT1 vehicle raid from 6:48 · 7% of role by thenFrom the Vehicle Plant. Only 7% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 7:19
  • IncisorIncisor in 70%5% of all Geo games by then
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 43%17% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 40%16% of all Geo games by then

Started with Incisor (90%), Blitz (7%), Rascal (3%).

Where those units first fight, in 30 games with kill data: in the middle 50%, on their own side 43%, in the enemy base 7%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,323 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Incisor raid by 6:48

  1. Open standard Bot Lab and geo as usual for Geo.
  2. Finish early Geothermal Powerplant on schedule.
  3. Add a Vehicle Plant for Incisor light tanks.
  4. Send Incisor to skirmish in middle or on your own side.
  5. Reclaim the Vehicle Plant and shift back to Sheldon/Arbiter for front.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 30 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 7:48 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~1:03, middle half 0:57–1:20

    By 0:46 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · typical 1:03
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Turret5 Con turret
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies

    Some games also: grunt (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

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

    5:00 to T1 vehicle raid

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turretin 70% of games
    2. IncisorT1 vehicle raid after 8 wind, 9 converter, 7 con turret

    Some games also: converter (43%) · con turret (37%) · wind (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind · 2 converter

    By 6:45 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind ×22
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:42 · typical 6:41
    4. IncisorIncisordone 6:50
  4. 4

    T1 vehicle raid to 10:00

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Incisor21 Incisor +21 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (47%) · wind (37%) · con vehicle (37%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 converter · 2 Sheldon

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind (standard 17) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 14 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 59 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:10 · typical 5:51
    2. IncisorIncisor ×2
    3. BeholderBeholder
    4. IncisorIncisor ×3
    5. BeholderBeholder
    6. IncisorIncisor
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. IncisorIncisor
    9. BeholderBeholder
    10. IncisorIncisor
    11. BeholderBeholder
    12. IncisorIncisor
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. IncisorIncisor ×4
    15. BeholderBeholder
    16. IncisorIncisor ×5
    17. BeholderBeholder
    18. IncisorIncisor ×3
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. IncisorIncisor ×2
    21. BeholderBeholder
    22. IncisorIncisor ×2
    23. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 10:08 · typical 7:58
    24. IncisorIncisor
    25. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    26. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    27. IncisorIncisor ×5
    28. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    29. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 10:47
    30. TwitcherTwitcher
    31. SheldonSheldon ×7done 11:00
    32. Converter ×2
    33. SheldonSheldon
    34. Converter
    35. SheldonSheldon
    36. Converter
    37. SheldonSheldon
    38. Converter
    39. AugurRadar bot
    40. Converter
    41. DeceiverJammer bot
    42. Converter
    43. SheldonSheldon
    44. Converter
    45. SheldonSheldon
    46. TwitcherTwitcher
    47. Converter
    48. SheldonSheldon
    49. Converter
    50. SheldonSheldon
    51. Converter
    52. SheldonSheldon
    53. Converter
    54. SheldonSheldon ×10
    55. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    56. SheldonSheldon
    57. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 14:01
    58. SheldonSheldon ×6
    59. SumoSumo ×3done 14:46

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pownage227's (34 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Suicide frontfirst at 2:07 · in 87% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:43 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:21 · in 43% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:04 · 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

30 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
1:003333420000
2:008098720000
3:00148115000000
4:00264326640000
5:00366536940000
6:00545155860000
7:00759778932601300
8:00105031096440504850
9:001374213880104521105050
10:00164521678924922962432190
11:001946719614292811043244750
12:0022237226863927223641021485
13:0024498255895193404441972397
14:0027312284237633581555624283
15:0031050313959501788179465630
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won less often than the standard build despite destroying more enemy metal, losing far more of its own in the trade.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps sharply by 10:00 (2530 vs 421).
  • + Own metal production stays close to standard through 15:00.
  • − Own metal lost by 10:00 is ten times standard (2660 vs 260).
  • − Team win rate drops well below standard (39% vs 47%).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

pownage227

33.5 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1260 metal received · 45391 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:03Middle 50%: 0:57–1:20 · n=30
Geothermal Powerplant3:20Middle 50%: 3:09–3:42 · n=30
Advanced Metal Extractor5:51Middle 50%: 5:35–6:46 · n=30
Vehicle Plant6:41Middle 50%: 5:12–7:16 · n=28
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:58Middle 50%: 7:12–8:43 · n=17

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