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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 (69%)

#t2 #eco #team support · 16 distinct matches · 9 players · 44% of Cortex Tech games · team won 19% of 16 · 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 16 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 ~1:30, middle half 1:14–1:40

    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 1:30
  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 (50%)

    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 ×2
    4. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:05 · typical 4:21
  3. 3

    Advanced Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    Builders
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot for allies

    Some games also: Graverobber (44%) · converter (44%)

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 2 converter · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter ×5
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:11 · typical 5:56
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine19Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret3 Con turret
    • Advanced Construction Bot4 T2 con bot for allies
    • Twitcher1 Twitcher
    • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot

    Some games also: metal storage (44%) · con bot (31%) · fusion (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 33 wind · 6 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 98 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Wind
    22. SkuttleCrawling bombdone 9:46
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactordone 12:16
    29. Wind ×4
    30. TwitcherTwitcher
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Con turret
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. T2 converter
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. JunoJuno
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. T2 converter
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Con turret
    62. T2 converter
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. Con turret ×4
    66. Converter
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. T2 converter ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactor
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Con turret ×3
    80. Converter
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind
    83. Con turret ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. T2 converter
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Wind
    98. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingDad's (35 OS, 09/09/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot5 T2 con bot to Air or Pond or Geo seafirst at 5:16 · in 88% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:02 · in 69% 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

16 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0038500
2:0091800
3:00172000
4:00305200
5:00472800
6:00556000
7:00691500
8:00893300
9:001128000
10:001343100
11:001674600
12:002056400
13:0023529065
14:00268720116
15:00292330139
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

35.3 OS · 09/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
3555 metal received · 94053 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:30Middle 50%: 1:14–1:40 · n=16
Advanced Bot Lab4:21Middle 50%: 4:10–4:48 · n=14
Advanced Metal Extractor5:56Middle 50%: 5:21–6:12 · n=15

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