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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal into T2 constructor and Advanced Bot Lab, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Sheldon or similar bots to front while supplying constructors to allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (69%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 144 distinct matches · 44 players · 36% of Cortex Geo games · team won 46% of 145 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SheldonSheldon in 41%20% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Sheldon (22% of army), Sumo (8% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 5:01

  1. Take 3 mex, then chain wind and a bot lab by 1:13.
  2. Get geothermal up for the energy to push tech.
  3. Hit T2 constructor and start advanced mex and advanced geo.
  4. Bring up the T2 lab and start pumping Sheldon to front.
  5. Pay allies with cons and rez bots while supplying Sheldon and Arbiter.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 144 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 ~1:13, middle half 0:57–1:20

    By 0:57 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret5 Con turret
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    8. Mex
    9. ThugThugfor Suicide front
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:38 · typical 3:21
    11. ThugThug ×3for Suicide front
    12. Con turret ×4
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 9 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turretin 63% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 12 wind, 14 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:52, middle half 7:29–8:28
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    By 7:15 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter ×7
    13. Energy storage
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Metal storage
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 6:27 · typical 5:37
    18. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:58 · typical 7:07
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:42 · typical 7:52
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter3Converter

    Some games also: T2 con bot for allies (47%) · Sheldon (46%) · radar bot (46%) · jammer bot (43%) · con turret (42%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 18 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. GuardGuard ×2
    2. SheldonSheldon ×5done 8:49 · typical 8:44
    3. AugurRadar bot
    4. DeceiverJammer bot
    5. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 9:39
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    7. SumoSumo ×3done 10:04
    8. SkuttleCrawling bomb
    9. ArbiterArbiter ×6for Frontdone 10:58
    10. SpectreSpectre ×3
    11. SumoSumo ×6
    12. TwitcherTwitcher ×2
    13. SheldonSheldon ×4
    14. AugurRadar bot
    15. DeceiverJammer bot
    16. SumoSumo
    17. SheldonSheldon ×4
    18. AugurRadar bot
    19. DeceiverJammer bot
    20. SumoSumo
    21. Con turret
    22. SheldonSheldon
    23. BirdshotBirdshot
    24. SheldonSheldon ×3
    25. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RogShotz's (44 OS, 19/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:25 · in 77% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:43 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:29 · in 54% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:51 · in 92% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

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

145 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033700
2:0086400
3:00149700
4:00266200
5:00375600
6:00567500
7:00798600
8:001103400
9:00140803186
10:0016922334259
11:00197741255720
12:002266624821524
13:002551242062629
14:002849759514359
15:003156281456280
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard geo won under half its games while destroying far more metal than it lost by 15:00, showing the T2 push pays off when it lands.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed hits 7969 by 15:00 versus only 6290 lost.
  • + Advanced geothermal reached in 67% of games, funding a fast T2 lab.
  • − Team win rate sits at only 45%, below an even split.
  • − First Sheldon only appears by 9:06 in 31% of games, so T2 units often arrive late.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RogShotz

43.6 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
767 metal received · 42902 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 0:57–1:20 · n=145
Geothermal Powerplant3:21Middle 50%: 3:07–3:37 · n=145
Advanced Metal Extractor5:37Middle 50%: 5:18–6:01 · n=132
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:44–7:33 · n=96
Advanced Bot Lab7:52Middle 50%: 7:29–8:28 · n=106
Sheldon8:44Middle 50%: 8:04–9:20 · n=85

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