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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 1:16 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GruntGrunt ×2
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    11. Wind
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Wind
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Wind
    21. GraverobberGraverobber
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Converter ×3
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    28. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:59 · 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

  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 · 50 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:50 · typical 5:41
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Metal storage
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    15. Wind ×6
    16. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide frontdone 8:58
    17. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:07
    18. SheldonSheldon ×3for Suicide front
    19. SheldonSheldon
    20. FiendFiend ×5for Suicide front
    21. FiendFiend
    22. BedbugCrawling bomb
    23. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    24. DeceiverJammer botfor Suicide front
    25. AugurRadar botfor Suicide front
    26. SheldonSheldon ×3for Suicide front
    27. Con turret
    28. SheldonSheldonfor Suicide front
    29. SheldonSheldon
    30. FiendFiend
    31. DeceiverJammer bot
    32. AugurRadar bot
    33. Con turret ×4
    34. ManticoreManticore ×2done 12:18
    35. Fusion ReactorFusion
    36. TwitcherTwitcher
    37. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    38. Con turret
    39. T2 converter
    40. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    41. Con turret
    42. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    43. Con turret ×4
    44. PrevailerPrevailerdone 14:03
    45. Con turret ×2
    46. T2 converter
    47. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    48. Con turret
    49. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    50. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SK0NK's (33 OS, 26/08/2026); 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

SK0NK

32.8 OS · 26/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
5668 metal received · 80533 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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