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Cortex Tech (Eco) build order · Supreme Isthmus

Rushes T2 with a Bot Lab at 1:29 and Advanced Bot Lab by 4:21, upgrades mex, and hands the first T2 constructor to Geo while feeding constructors and units to teammates as the game moves on.

Usually first T2 con to Geo (67%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 67 distinct matches · 30 players · 63% of Cortex Tech games · team won 39% of 67 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Bot Lab by 4:18

  1. Open mex and wind, then rush Bot Lab immediately.
  2. Finish Bot Lab fast, planning to eat it at 3:31.
  3. Push Advanced Bot Lab out, then eat it again around 10:25.
  4. Hand first T2 constructor to Geo as soon as it's ready.
  5. Add Fusion Reactor and keep feeding cons and units to allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 67 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 Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:16, middle half 1:12–1:32

    By 0:59 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Geo
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · typical 1:16
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 10 wind, 2 con turretdone ~4:28, middle half 4:13–4:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: converter (40%) · energy storage (39%)

    By 3:04 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Windfor Geo
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Geo
    3. Wind ×4for Geo
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2for Geo
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    7. GraverobberGraverobberfor Geo
    8. Windfor Geo
    9. Converterfor Geo
    10. Windfor Geo
    11. Mex
    12. Windfor Geo
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    14. GraverobberGraverobberfor Geo
    15. Windfor Geo
    16. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:38 · typical 4:28
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Converterfor Geo
    2. Windfor Geo
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    4. Converter ×4for Geo
    5. Converter
    6. Windfor Geo
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind ×2for Geo
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    10. Windfor Geo
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot
    • Twitcher1 Twitcher

    Some games also: converter (43%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 28 wind · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 73 steps
    1. Windfor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geodone 5:45 · typical 5:41
    3. Windfor Geo
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind ×5for Geo
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    7. Windfor Geo
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    9. Wind ×3for Geo
    10. Con turretfor Geo
    11. Windfor Geo
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    13. Windfor Geo
    14. Con turretfor Geo
    15. Wind ×2for Geo
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    17. Windfor Geo
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo
    20. Wind ×3for Geo
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    22. Con turretfor Geo
    23. Windfor Geo
    24. Con turretfor Geo
    25. Windfor Geo
    26. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    27. Con turretfor Geo
    28. Windfor Geo
    29. Con turretfor Geo
    30. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactorfor Geodone 12:28
    31. Con turretfor Geo
    32. TwitcherTwitcherfor Geo
    33. Windfor Geo
    34. Con turretfor Geo
    35. Windfor Geo
    36. Con turretfor Geo
    37. Wind ×3for Geo
    38. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    39. Wind ×2for Geo
    40. Construction BotCon botfor Geo
    41. Wind ×2for Geo
    42. Converterfor Geo
    43. Wind ×2for Geo
    44. Converterfor Geo
    45. Windfor Geo
    46. Converterfor Geo
    47. Wind ×2for Geo
    48. Converterfor Geo
    49. Windfor Geo
    50. Converterfor Geo
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Converterfor Geo
    53. Converter
    54. Converter ×2for Geo
    55. Windfor Geo
    56. Converterfor Geo
    57. Windfor Geo
    58. T2 converterfor Geo
    59. Wind ×2for Geo
    60. T2 converterfor Geo
    61. Con turret ×2for Geo
    62. Windfor Geo
    63. Con turret ×2for Geo
    64. T2 converter ×3for Geo
    65. Windfor Geo
    66. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactorfor Geo
    67. Windfor Geo
    68. PrevailerPrevailerfor Geonot finished by 15:00
    69. Con turretfor Geo
    70. Windfor Geo
    71. Con turret ×2for Geo
    72. Windfor Geo
    73. Con turretfor Geo

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingBread's (33 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Air or Geofirst at 2:37 · in 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 5:10 · in 84% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:13 · in 73% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

00.51
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

050100150
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

67 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038400
2:0091600
3:00167600
4:00306900
5:00468100
6:00560400
7:00695700
8:00885900
9:001115200
10:001383000
11:001649700
12:002054100
13:002330700
14:00255150102
15:00283760148
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard tech rush, strong economy but team won only a quarter of games with almost no combat footprint.

  • + Produces 28832 metal by 15:00, highest of any role's standard build shown.
  • − Team only won 25% of games despite the fast T2 and big economy.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RollingBread

33.4 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units
1151 metal received · 15348 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:16Middle 50%: 1:12–1:32 · n=67
Advanced Bot Lab4:28Middle 50%: 4:13–4:41 · n=58
Advanced Metal Extractor5:41Middle 50%: 5:18–6:00 · n=61

Played most by

RollingBread18games of this buildMilkdragon6games of this buildCommandoMan5games of this buildDouglasBacon4games of this buildAdeus2games of this build