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Standard tech

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 · 15 distinct matches · 9 players · 44% of Cortex Tech games · team won 13% of 15 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Bot Lab by 4:21

  1. Take mex and wind, then start a Bot Lab by 1:19.
  2. Rush the Advanced Bot Lab to get T2 cons out fast.
  3. Pass first T2 con to team, prioritizing mex upgrades over eco.
  4. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as first of many mex upgrades.
  5. Add anti-nuke and crawling bomb, then scale toward fus around 12:11.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 15 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
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:29, middle half 1:13–1:37

    By 1:13 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · typical 1:29
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Advanced Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine7Wind
    Order
    1. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Lab after 4 mex, 11 wind, 2 con turretdone ~4:21, middle half 4:10–4:48
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber

    Some games also: con bot for allies (47%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×3
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:36 · typical 4:21
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: Graverobber (40%) · converter (40%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 16 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Converter
    4. GraverobberGraverobberfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Converter ×5
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    13. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Twitcher1 Twitcher
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: metal storage (40%) · con bot (33%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 36 wind · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 46 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:56 · typical 5:53
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×6
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. TwitcherTwitcher
    30. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    31. Wind
    32. Con turret ×2
    33. Wind
    34. Metal storage
    35. Wind
    36. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 11:12
    37. Wind ×9
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingDad's (36 OS, 08/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Air or Geofirst at 2:49 · in 60% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 5:16 · in 93% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 3:56 · in 67% 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

15 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038400
2:0091700
3:00176300
4:00304100
5:00472000
6:00555700
7:00676300
8:00887400
9:001115200
10:001293000
11:001649700
12:002054100
13:002334200
14:00268000102
15:00291270130
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Tech wins only 12% of games despite very fast T2, with essentially zero recorded kills or losses in the sample.

  • + Advanced Bot Lab lands by 4:21, fastest T2 factory timing among all builds.
  • − Team win rate is the lowest of all sampled roles by a wide margin.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RollingDad

36.2 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units
1608 metal received · 43613 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:29Middle 50%: 1:13–1:37 · n=15
Advanced Bot Lab4:21Middle 50%: 4:10–4:48 · n=14
Advanced Metal Extractor5:53Middle 50%: 5:19–6:12 · n=14

Played most by

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