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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:50 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Energy storage
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:41 · typical 3:19
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 6:40
    13. Converter ×4
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Con turret
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:07
    17. Con turret
    18. IncisorIncisor ×8done 4:16
  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 4:12
  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 · 49 steps
    1. IncisorIncisor ×7
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:25 · typical 5:51
    3. IncisorIncisor ×4
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Con turret
    8. PrudePrudedone 8:43
    9. Con turret
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:54
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:14
    14. Converter
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:58
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    22. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    23. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    24. Converter ×3
    25. BullBullnot finished by 15:00
    26. StarlightStarlightdone 10:33
    27. Converter
    28. MauserMauser ×4
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. Con turret
    31. StarlightStarlight
    32. Wind ×5
    33. ProphetRadar vehicle
    34. Wind ×2
    35. UmbraJammer
    36. Wind ×4
    37. GremlinStealth tank
    38. Wind ×2
    39. GremlinStealth tank
    40. Wind
    41. GremlinStealth tank
    42. Wind ×3
    43. GremlinStealth tank
    44. Wind ×2
    45. GremlinStealth tank
    46. Wind ×2
    47. AmbassadorAmbassador ×3done 13:23
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Milkdragon's (32 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

Milkdragon

32.2 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
266 metal received · 37240 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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