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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:33 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×5
    10. Energy storage
    11. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:46 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter ×6
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    12. Converter ×2
  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 · 189 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:17 · typical 5:41
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    10. Wind
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    12. Wind
    13. TwitcherTwitcher ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor unknown
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Construction BotCon bot
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Converter
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Construction BotCon bot
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Construction BotCon bot
    45. Wind
    46. Con turret
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Con turret
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Construction BotCon bot
    61. PrevailerPrevailerdone 13:29
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Construction BotCon bot
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Converter
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind ×6
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×7
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind ×5
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind ×3
    108. Con turret
    109. Converter
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind ×3
    115. Con turret
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind ×8
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×11
    123. Converter
    124. Wind ×9
    125. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind ×4
    135. Con turret
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind ×7
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×4
    145. Con turret
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×7
    149. Converter
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×5
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. Converter
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind ×5
    160. Con turret ×2
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×2
    163. Con turret
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. NemesisNemesis
    168. Wind
    169. Con turret
    170. Wind ×3
    171. Con turret
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×3
    175. Con turret
    176. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:49
    177. Wind ×3
    178. Converter
    179. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:57
    180. Wind ×3
    181. GruntGrunt
    182. Converter
    183. Wind
    184. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    185. Wind ×2
    186. GruntGrunt ×3
    187. Converter
    188. GruntGrunt
    189. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RiskyDonut's (33 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

RiskyDonut

33.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
663 metal received · 109429 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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