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Standard geo

Bot lab into com-blow economy with fast Advanced Metal Extractor and Advanced Geothermal, teching to an Advanced Bot Lab while supplying teammates with construction bots, then transitioning into T2 bot army for front.

Usually blows up the commander (83%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 12 distinct matches · 5 players · 31% of Legion Geo games · team won 75% of 12 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • HerculesLight transport from an ally in 42%21% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Arquebus (27% of army), Hoplite (24% of army), Thanatos (14% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Legion Advanced Bot Lab by 7:57

  1. Take mex and wind, then build a Legion Bot Lab by 1:17.
  2. Add a Geothermal Powerplant to fund the T2 rush.
  3. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor to keep pace with T2 costs.
  4. Finish Advanced Geothermal, then build the Legion Advanced Bot Lab.
  5. Send Arquebus, Hoplite and Thanatos to front with radar and stealth.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 12 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  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 Legion Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:24, middle half 1:13–1:30

    Some games also: Pharos (42%)

    By 1:07 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. PharosPharos
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labdone 1:29 · typical 1:24
  2. 2

    Legion Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Zagreus4 Zagreus
    • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot for allies
    • Zagreus1 Zagreus for allies
    • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. ZagreusZagreus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. ZagreusZagreus
    4. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    5. ZagreusZagreus
    6. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Botfor Beach sea
    7. ZagreusZagreusfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. ZagreusZagreus
    10. Legion Construction BotLegion Construction Bot
    11. ZagreusZagreus
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:06 · typical 3:35
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Energy storage
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2not finished by 15:00 · typical 5:26
    21. Con turret ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Legion Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 6 wind, 10 converter, 7 con turret
    2. Legion Advanced Bot LabLegion Advanced Bot Lab after 9 wind, 9 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:49, middle half 7:21–8:03
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (42%)

    By 7:12 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Con turret
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter ×2
    11. PrudePrudedone 7:47
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×6
    14. PharosPharos ×2
    15. Legion Advanced Bot LabLegion Advanced Bot Labdone 8:10 · typical 7:49
  4. 4

    Legion Advanced Bot Lab to 10:00

    Economy
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies
    Army
    • Arquebus5 Arquebus +5 vs standard
    • Tiresias1 Jammer bot
    • Euclid1 Radar bot

    Some games also: Phalanx (33%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 wind

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind (standard 20) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 18 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 58 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    3. Wind
    4. TiresiasJammer bot
    5. Wind
    6. EuclidRadar bot
    7. ArquebusArquebusdone 8:36 · typical 8:34
    8. Wind
    9. ArquebusArquebus
    10. Wind
    11. ArquebusArquebus
    12. Wind ×5
    13. ArquebusArquebus
    14. Wind ×6
    15. ArquebusArquebus
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind ×5
    19. ArquebusArquebus
    20. Wind ×6
    21. ArquebusArquebus
    22. Wind ×4
    23. ArquebusArquebus
    24. Wind ×2
    25. AquilonAquilondone 11:24
    26. Wind ×2
    27. HopliteHoplite
    28. Wind ×4
    29. HopliteHoplite
    30. Wind ×3
    31. HopliteHoplite
    32. Wind ×2
    33. ArquebusArquebus
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. ArquebusArquebus
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. EuclidRadar bot
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. TiresiasJammer bot
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Converter ×2
    48. Wind
    49. ArquebusArquebus
    50. Wind
    51. Legion Bot LabLegion Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    52. ArquebusArquebus
    53. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    54. Energy storage
    55. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    56. HopliteHoplite ×5
    57. Con turret
    58. HopliteHoplite ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Zagreus1 Zagreus to Beach sea or Frontfirst at 2:21 · in 100% of games
  • Legion Construction Bot1 Legion Construction Bot to Beach seafirst at 2:51 · in 92% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 8:26 · in 75% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:38 · in 42% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:45 · in 100% 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

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

12 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033200
2:0086700
3:00150700
4:00274300
5:00361000
6:00587100
7:00855400
8:001137500
9:00141950255
10:0017042180255
11:00200461994867
12:002316541231455
13:002634185412850
14:0029030108696617
15:0032608116489400
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo wins 60% of games and posts the highest 15-minute metal production of any sampled role, backing a strong T2 push.

  • + Metal produced reaches 32965 by 15:00, best of all sampled builds.
  • + Zero own metal lost by 5:00 shows a very safe early phase.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed only 180 by 10:00, impact arrives late.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

36.8 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
387 metal received · 18059 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Legion Bot Lab1:24Middle 50%: 1:13–1:30 · n=12
Geothermal Powerplant3:35Middle 50%: 3:21–3:47 · n=12
Advanced Metal Extractor5:26Middle 50%: 5:15–5:54 · n=12
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant6:52Middle 50%: 6:46–7:08 · n=10
Legion Advanced Bot Lab7:49Middle 50%: 7:21–8:03 · n=11
Arquebus8:34Middle 50%: 8:09–8:39 · n=9

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