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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 (68%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 151 distinct matches · 45 players · 36% of Cortex Geo games · team won 47% of 152 · 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 (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 151 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 0:57–1:21

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:37 · 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 ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobber
    8. Mex
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:21 · typical 3:21
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GraverobberGraverobberfor Air
    12. GruntGrunt ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. GruntGrunt
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Converter ×5
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Metal storage
    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 ~7:50, middle half 7:28–8:25
    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 · 16 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Energy storage
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:36 · typical 5:37
    6. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:03
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. PrudePrudedone 7:20
    10. Wind
    11. IncisorIncisor ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. IncisorIncisor
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 7:41 · 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 · 76 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 8:02
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. SumoSumodone 8:30
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. SumoSumo
    12. Wind
    13. SumoSumo
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. SumoSumo
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. DeceiverJammer bot
    20. Converter
    21. AugurRadar bot
    22. Converter
    23. SheldonSheldondone 9:26 · typical 8:44
    24. Wind
    25. SheldonSheldon
    26. Converter
    27. SheldonSheldon
    28. Wind
    29. SheldonSheldon
    30. SkuttleCrawling bomb
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. SheldonSheldon
    34. Wind
    35. SheldonSheldon
    36. ArbiterArbiterdone 10:28
    37. Converter
    38. ArbiterArbiter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. ArbiterArbiter
    42. Wind ×2
    43. GuardGuard
    44. SpectreSpectre
    45. Wind
    46. SpectreSpectre
    47. Wind
    48. ArbiterArbiter
    49. Wind
    50. ArbiterArbiter
    51. Wind
    52. GuardGuard
    53. TwitcherTwitcher
    54. Wind ×2
    55. TwitcherTwitcher
    56. GuardGuard
    57. TwitcherTwitcher
    58. Wind
    59. TwitcherTwitcher
    60. Wind
    61. TwitcherTwitcher
    62. Wind ×3
    63. DuckDuck ×2
    64. ArbiterArbiter ×2
    65. Wind
    66. ArbiterArbiter
    67. DuckDuck
    68. PersecutorPersecutornot finished by 15:00
    69. Wind
    70. DuckDuck
    71. PersecutorPersecutor
    72. DuckDuck ×4
    73. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    74. Con turret
    75. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    76. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:25 · 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 8:28 · 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

152 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033500
2:0086200
3:00149900
4:00266300
5:00375600
6:00569000
7:00797800
8:001104700
9:00140813793
10:0016944383259
11:00198111299715
12:002267625361639
13:002555943412635
14:002850359404360
15:003165579696290
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

Godmother13

37.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
288 metal received · 114066 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 0:57–1:21 · n=152
Geothermal Powerplant3:21Middle 50%: 3:07–3:37 · n=152
Advanced Metal Extractor5:37Middle 50%: 5:19–6:00 · n=138
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:44–7:32 · n=100
Advanced Bot Lab7:50Middle 50%: 7:28–8:25 · n=110
Sheldon8:44Middle 50%: 8:04–9:20 · n=89

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