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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 · 142 distinct matches · 44 players · 36% of Cortex Geo games · team won 47% of 143 · 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 142 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 0:57–1:19

    By 0:56 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    • 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 · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind ×5
    8. GraverobberGraverobberfor Suicide front
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:59 · typical 3:21
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×4
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×8
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×5
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×3
  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 62% of games
    2. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 12 wind, 14 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:53, middle half 7:28–8:31
    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 ×4
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×9
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:07 · typical 5:37
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. PrudePrudedone 7:33
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 8:12 · typical 7:53
  4. 4

    Advanced Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter3Converter

    Some games also: T2 con bot for allies (46%) · Sheldon (45%) · radar bot (45%) · jammer bot (42%) · 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 · 110 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. AugurRadar bot
    13. DeceiverJammer bot
    14. Converter
    15. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide frontdone 8:45 · typical 8:44
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    19. Converter
    20. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    21. Converter
    22. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    23. Converter
    24. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    25. Converter
    26. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    27. Converter
    28. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    29. Converter
    30. TwitcherTwitcher
    31. Converter
    32. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    33. BirdshotBirdshot
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    37. Wind ×2
    38. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    41. Wind ×4
    42. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    43. BirdshotBirdshot
    44. Wind
    45. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    49. Wind
    50. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    51. Wind
    52. Con turret
    53. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    54. Wind
    55. BirdshotBirdshot
    56. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    57. Wind
    58. DuckDuckfor Beach sea
    59. Wind ×2
    60. DuckDuck
    61. Wind ×2
    62. BirdshotBirdshot
    63. ManticoreManticoredone 12:56
    64. Wind ×4
    65. ManticoreManticore
    66. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. ManticoreManticore
    71. Wind
    72. TwitcherTwitcher
    73. Wind
    74. DuckDuck
    75. TwitcherTwitcher
    76. PrevailerPrevailerdone 14:24
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. TwitcherTwitcher
    80. Wind
    81. DuckDuck
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Construction ShipCon ship
    84. Wind
    85. DuckDuck
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. DuckDuck
    91. Wind
    92. OppressorDestroyerdone 14:53
    93. Wind
    94. DuckDuck
    95. Wind
    96. Mex
    97. Wind
    98. DuckDuck
    99. Wind ×4
    100. DuckDuck
    101. Wind ×2
    102. DuckDuck
    103. BirdshotBirdshot
    104. Wind ×4
    105. DuckDuck
    106. OppressorDestroyer
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. DuckDuck
    110. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AlRelSoulfire's (51 OS, 14/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:26 · in 76% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:43 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:31 · in 53% of games

You get

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

143 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033500
2:0085900
3:00149700
4:00266200
5:00375600
6:00567400
7:00798600
8:001103400
9:00140803174
10:0016922334258
11:00197691255720
12:002264824991538
13:002551243162629
14:002849760034360
15:003174782646299
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

AlRelSoulfire

51.1 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

45 received units · includes a constructor
591 metal received · 47018 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 0:57–1:19 · n=143
Geothermal Powerplant3:21Middle 50%: 3:08–3:37 · n=143
Advanced Metal Extractor5:37Middle 50%: 5:19–6:00 · n=130
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:44–7:32 · n=94
Advanced Bot Lab7:53Middle 50%: 7:28–8:31 · n=103
Sheldon8:44Middle 50%: 8:05–9:20 · n=83

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