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Standard geo

The role's normal economy-first plan: geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced bot lab, then Sheldon-led T2 bots sent to front as the team's early T2 supply.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (69%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 149 distinct matches · 45 players · 35% of Cortex Geo games · team won 46% of 150 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • SheldonSheldon in 43%20% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Sheldon (22% of army), Sumo (9% 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 149 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 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Solar
    4. Mex
    5. Solar
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 2:09 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:47 · typical 3:21
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Converter ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:25 · typical 5:37
  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 ~7:50, middle half 7:28–8:26
    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 · 6 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:40 · typical 7:07
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:08 · typical 7:50
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter3Converter

    Some games also: Sheldon (46%) · radar bot (45%) · T2 con bot for allies (45%) · jammer bot (43%) · con turret (43%)

    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 · 49 steps
    1. Converter
    2. DeceiverJammer bot
    3. Converter
    4. SheldonSheldondone 7:22 · typical 8:44
    5. Converter
    6. SheldonSheldon
    7. BedbugCrawling bomb
    8. Converter
    9. BedbugCrawling bomb
    10. Converter
    11. GuardGuard
    12. BedbugCrawling bomb
    13. Converter
    14. SheldonSheldon
    15. Converter
    16. SheldonSheldon
    17. Converter
    18. SheldonSheldon
    19. Converter
    20. SheldonSheldon ×2
    21. DeceiverJammer bot
    22. SumoSumodone 8:44
    23. JunoJuno
    24. Mex
    25. SumoSumo
    26. Mex
    27. SumoSumo ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. SumoSumo
    32. Wind
    33. GuardGuard
    34. DeceiverJammer bot
    35. Wind
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. AugurRadar bot
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind ×8
    41. FiendFiend
    42. Wind
    43. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 10:31
    44. Mex
    45. Wind ×2
    46. FiendFiend
    47. Wind
    48. FiendFiend
    49. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (61 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:24 · in 76% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:44 · in 86% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:27 · in 52% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 91% 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

150 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033500
2:0086200
3:00150200
4:00266400
5:00375500
6:00569000
7:00797800
8:001104700
9:00140814393
10:0016944406259
11:00198111299715
12:002267625361639
13:002555943412635
14:002849658724362
15:003165579696326
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

_Hawkey_

61.2 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
298 metal received · 120669 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=150
Geothermal Powerplant3:21Middle 50%: 3:07–3:37 · n=150
Advanced Metal Extractor5:37Middle 50%: 5:19–6:00 · n=136
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:32 · n=99
Advanced Bot Lab7:50Middle 50%: 7:28–8:26 · n=108
Sheldon8:44Middle 50%: 8:03–9:21 · n=88

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