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Incisor raid

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo adds a Vehicle Plant by ~6:40 and sends Incisors out as a T1 raid from 6:47, fighting partly on the team's own side early but clearly aimed at raiding ahead of the usual T2 timeline rather than reacting to a collapse.

#raid #rush · 29 distinct matches · 16 players · 4% of Cortex Geo games · team won 34% of 29 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • IncisorT1 vehicle raid from 6:47 · 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 72%5% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 41%16% of all Geo games by then
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 41%19% of all Geo games by then

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

Where those units first fight, in 29 games with kill data: in the middle 52%, on their own side 41%, in the enemy base 7%.

Those units destroy a typical 3,699 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 29 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 ~1:06, middle half 0:57–1:21

    By 0:49 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · typical 1:06
  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 (34%)

    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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind ×2
    5. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Mex ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Energy storage
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Wind
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:10 · typical 3:19
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. TrasherTrasher
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:55 · typical 6:40
    22. Converter ×2
    23. IncisorIncisordone 4:05
    24. Converter
    25. IncisorIncisor
    26. Converter
    27. IncisorIncisor ×2
    28. PounderPounder ×3
  3. 3

    5:00 to T1 vehicle raid

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turretin 69% of games
    2. IncisorT1 vehicle raid after 7 wind, 9 converter, 7 con turret

    Some games also: converter (41%) · con turret (38%) · wind (31%)

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

    By 6:42 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. IncisorIncisordone 4:00
  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 (48%) · wind (38%) · con vehicle (38%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (34%)

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

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

    The example game in this phase · 113 steps
    1. IncisorIncisor ×11
    2. Mex
    3. IncisorIncisor ×4
    4. Mexfor Front
    5. IncisorIncisor
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:55 · typical 5:51
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Mexfor Front
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. GuardGuard ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    15. GuardGuard
    16. Con turret
    17. GuardGuard
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. WolverineWolverine
    20. IncisorIncisor ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. IncisorIncisor ×4
    23. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 9:52 · typical 7:49
    24. GuardGuard
    25. IncisorIncisor
    26. GuardGuard
    27. IncisorIncisor
    28. Con turret
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Con turret
    31. IncisorIncisor ×3
    32. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:15
    33. QuakerQuaker ×4done 10:21
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. JunoJuno
    37. QuakerQuaker
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ObscurerJammer
    40. CastroCastro
    41. Wind
    42. OmenRadar vehicle
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. BanisherBanisherdone 11:31
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. BanisherBanisher
    50. Wind
    51. IncisorIncisor
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    56. Wind
    57. IncisorIncisor
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. TigerTigerdone 12:08
    61. IncisorIncisor
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. IncisorIncisor
    65. TigerTiger
    66. Wind
    67. IncisorIncisor
    68. Converter
    69. IncisorIncisor
    70. TigerTiger
    71. Wind
    72. IncisorIncisor
    73. Converter
    74. IncisorIncisor
    75. Converter
    76. TigerTiger
    77. Wind
    78. IncisorIncisor
    79. Converter
    80. IncisorIncisor
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    82. TigerTiger
    83. IncisorIncisor
    84. Converter
    85. TigerTiger
    86. IncisorIncisor
    87. Converter
    88. IncisorIncisor
    89. Converter
    90. TigerTiger
    91. IncisorIncisor
    92. Converter
    93. IncisorIncisor
    94. TigerTiger
    95. IncisorIncisor
    96. Mex
    97. Converter
    98. IncisorIncisor
    99. TigerTiger
    100. IncisorIncisor
    101. Converter
    102. TigerTiger
    103. IncisorIncisor
    104. Converter
    105. IncisorIncisor
    106. TigerTiger
    107. IncisorIncisor
    108. Converter
    109. TigerTiger
    110. Wind ×4
    111. TigerTiger
    112. Wind
    113. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DukeofStars's (54 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 90% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:43 · in 79% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Air or Techfirst at 4:40 · in 41% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:02 · 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

29 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
2:008148700000
3:00147615000000
4:00264626620000
5:00366036860000
6:00539055850000
7:00761678895101300
8:00105201095739004800
9:00139321387212652199044
10:00165211677825302962454180
11:001961319605309111043254725
12:0022332226833972223641851400
13:0024970255125195404442042397
14:0027248284027639581558354304
15:0031696313079541788184565756
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

DukeofStars

53.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1226 metal received · 54813 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:06Middle 50%: 0:57–1:21 · n=29
Geothermal Powerplant3:19Middle 50%: 3:09–3:41 · n=29
Advanced Metal Extractor5:51Middle 50%: 5:35–6:42 · n=29
Vehicle Plant6:40Middle 50%: 5:07–7:17 · n=27
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:49Middle 50%: 7:09–8:42 · n=16

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