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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Con turret
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Con turret
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:16 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Energy storage
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Converter ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
  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 · 112 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:22 · typical 5:41
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Beach sea
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 10:14
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind
    22. TwitcherTwitcher
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Metal storage
    27. Converter ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Converter
    35. Con turret ×2
    36. Fusion ReactorFusion
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Converter ×2
    42. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Con turret
    45. Converter ×2
    46. Con turret
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Converter ×2
    56. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:02
    57. Converter
    58. T2 converter
    59. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. T2 converter
    63. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    64. Converter
    65. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    66. Converter
    67. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    68. NemesisNemesis
    69. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. T2 converter
    72. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    75. Energy storage
    76. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:40
    80. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    81. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    82. Converter
    83. ShurikenShuriken ×5
    84. Converter
    85. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    88. Converter
    89. ShurikenShuriken
    90. Wind
    91. ShurikenShuriken
    92. PawnPawn
    93. ShurikenShuriken ×4
    94. Converter
    95. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    98. Converter
    99. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    100. PawnPawn
    101. ShurikenShuriken
    102. WhirlwindWhirlwind
    103. Wind
    104. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    105. PawnPawn
    106. WhirlwindWhirlwind ×2
    107. ValiantValiant
    108. Converter
    109. ValiantValiant
    110. PawnPawn
    111. ValiantValiant
    112. 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 Ph3nomix's (30 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Ph3nomix

30.5 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2251 metal received · 163050 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

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