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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    3. Energy storage
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. 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 · 5 steps
    1. Windfor Suicide front
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:12 · 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. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    6. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    7. Windfor Suicide front
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:11 · typical 5:41
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×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 · 112 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Air
    2. Wind ×5for Suicide front
    3. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Con turret
    6. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    7. Windfor Suicide front
    8. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    11. Windfor Suicide front
    12. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    13. Windfor Suicide front
    14. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    15. Windfor Suicide front
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    18. Windfor Suicide front
    19. TwitcherTwitcher
    20. Windfor Suicide front
    21. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    22. Windfor Suicide front
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    24. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    26. Con turret ×2
    27. FiendFiend ×3for Suicide front
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    32. Windfor Suicide front
    33. TwitcherTwitcher
    34. Windfor Suicide front
    35. FiendFiendfor Suicide front
    36. Windfor Suicide front
    37. FiendFiend
    38. Wind
    39. TwitcherTwitcher
    40. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:59
    41. TwitcherTwitcher
    42. Con turret
    43. Converterfor Suicide front
    44. Con turret
    45. Metal storage
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    48. CommandoCommando
    49. Converterfor Suicide front
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Converterfor Suicide front
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. Converter ×3
    55. HerculesLight transport
    56. FiendFiend
    57. Converter
    58. HerculesLight transport
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. FiendFiend
    61. Converter ×2
    62. HerculesLight transport
    63. FiendFiend
    64. Converter
    65. HerculesLight transport
    66. Converter
    67. FiendFiend
    68. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    69. HerculesLight transport
    70. Converter
    71. TrasherTrasher
    72. Converter
    73. HerculesLight transport
    74. Converter
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. Converter
    77. FinchFinch ×3
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Converter
    80. FiendFiend
    81. Converter ×2
    82. FiendFiend
    83. Converter
    84. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    85. Converter ×2
    86. FiendFiend
    87. Converter ×4
    88. FiendFiend
    89. Converter ×4
    90. Fusion ReactorFusion
    91. Converter ×5
    92. FiendFiend
    93. Converter ×2
    94. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    95. FiendFiend
    96. Converter
    97. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    98. Converter ×2
    99. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    100. Converter
    101. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    102. Converter ×6
    103. Con turret
    104. Converter ×3
    105. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    106. Converter
    107. Con turret
    108. Converter ×4
    109. Con turret
    110. Converter ×2
    111. Con turret
    112. Converter ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CommandoMan's (35 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

CommandoMan

35.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units
1595 metal received · 94529 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

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