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Standard geo

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: fast bot lab and geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced bot lab, blowing the commander for T2 tech and bringing Sheldons or Arbiters/Sumos to front while supplying teammates with constructors.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (68%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 266 distinct matches · 96 players · 34% of Cortex Geo games · team won 44% of 272 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 bot lab by 8:03

  1. Open 3 mex into early Bot Lab and solar.
  2. Bring geothermal online fast to fund the tech rush.
  3. Finish Advanced Bot Lab to unlock T2 bot units.
  4. Push Sheldon (and Arbiter, Sumo) to front as the first T2 units.
  5. Switch into T2 construction bots to supply allies with T2 cons.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 266 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:57–1:22

    By 0:52 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • 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

    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 · 20 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex ×2
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:23 · typical 3:25
    12. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    13. Con turret ×4
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×5
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter
    19. GuardGuard
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 58% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 13 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:55, middle half 7:30–8:29

    Some games also: con turret (49%)

    By 7:14 in all: 4 mex · 12 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind ×6
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:46 · typical 5:39
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind
    13. Bot LabBot Lab ×2done 6:47
    14. GruntGrunt ×30
    15. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:31 · typical 7:19
    16. GruntGrunt ×2
    17. ThugThug
    18. GruntGrunt
    19. ThugThug
    20. GruntGrunt
    21. ThugThug ×2
    22. GruntGrunt ×5
    23. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:59 · typical 7:55
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Army
    • Sheldon3 Sheldon

    Some games also: radar bot (49%) · jammer bot (47%) · T2 con bot for allies (44%) · wind (40%) · con turret (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 67 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×5
    2. GuardGuard
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    5. GruntGrunt ×3
    6. GuardGuard
    7. SheldonSheldondone 9:11 · typical 8:42
    8. GruntGrunt
    9. SheldonSheldon
    10. GuardGuard
    11. SheldonSheldon
    12. GuardGuard
    13. SheldonSheldon ×2
    14. AugurRadar bot
    15. DeceiverJammer bot
    16. GuardGuard
    17. SheldonSheldon ×2
    18. SpectreSpectre
    19. SheldonSheldon ×2
    20. ArbiterArbiter ×3done 10:10
    21. SheldonSheldon ×4
    22. GraverobberGraverobber
    23. SheldonSheldon
    24. GraverobberGraverobber
    25. SheldonSheldon
    26. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    27. Converter
    28. GraverobberGraverobber
    29. Converter ×6
    30. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    31. Converter
    32. Con turret
    33. GraverobberGraverobber
    34. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:24
    35. Metal storage
    36. GraverobberGraverobber
    37. Con turret
    38. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. GraverobberGraverobber
    41. Con turret ×2
    42. GraverobberGraverobber
    43. FiendFiend
    44. GraverobberGraverobber
    45. FiendFiend ×2
    46. GraverobberGraverobber
    47. FiendFiend
    48. GraverobberGraverobber
    49. FiendFiend
    50. GraverobberGraverobber
    51. FiendFiend ×8
    52. GraverobberGraverobber
    53. FiendFiend
    54. GraverobberGraverobber
    55. FiendFiend
    56. GraverobberGraverobber
    57. FiendFiend
    58. GraverobberGraverobber
    59. FiendFiend
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. FiendFiend ×2
    62. GraverobberGraverobber
    63. FiendFiend ×2
    64. GraverobberGraverobber
    65. FiendFiend ×2
    66. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    67. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is OsamaBinClappin's (34 OS, 02/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:20 · in 79% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:35 · in 86% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:41 · in 54% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:57 · in 90% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

272 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0034400
2:0087300
3:00150100
4:00265500
5:00369900
6:00556300
7:00783000
8:001088200
9:00138062643
10:0016690317185
11:00195351143715
12:002255522491393
13:002536440032327
14:002825657903959
15:003123276585289
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard geo play wins less than half its games but builds a big eco lead, reaching nearly 31.5k metal production by 15:00.

  • + Metal production hits 16919 by 10:00, well ahead of most roles.
  • + Own metal lost stays near zero (260) by 10:00, a very safe tech rush.
  • − Team wins under half of games (46%).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed stays low (423) by 10:00, showing slow early impact.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

OsamaBinClappin

33.6 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1002 metal received · 84641 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:57–1:22 · n=271
Geothermal Powerplant3:25Middle 50%: 3:09–3:44 · n=271
Advanced Metal Extractor5:39Middle 50%: 5:21–6:05 · n=245
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:19Middle 50%: 6:54–7:47 · n=180
Advanced Bot Lab7:55Middle 50%: 7:30–8:29 · n=209
Sheldon8:42Middle 50%: 8:04–9:19 · n=179

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