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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×2
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:29 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Converter
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter ×4
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
  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 · 149 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:52 · typical 5:41
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Mexfor Geo sea
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Geo sea
    10. Wind
    11. Solarfor Geo sea
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind
    14. Tidalfor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    17. Tidalfor Suicide front
    18. Wind
    19. SeekerSeeker
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    23. Tidalfor Suicide front
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    26. Tidalfor Suicide front
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. TwitcherTwitcher
    36. Wind
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactordone 12:00
    40. Wind
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Metal storage
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Con turret ×2
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    54. Wind
    55. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    56. Con turret
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Wind
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    60. Wind
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    62. Wind
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Wind
    65. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    66. Wind
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. Wind
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Wind
    73. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    74. Wind
    75. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    76. T2 converter ×2
    77. Wind
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. Wind
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    81. T2 converter
    82. Con turret ×2
    83. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret ×3
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    87. Wind
    88. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:43
    89. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    90. Wind
    91. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. T2 converter ×2
    94. GruntGrunt ×2
    95. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    96. Wind
    97. GruntGrunt ×2
    98. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind
    101. GruntGrunt ×2
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:15
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    104. Con turret
    105. GruntGrunt
    106. Con turret
    107. Wind
    108. Con turret
    109. GruntGrunt
    110. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    111. GruntGrunt ×13
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    115. GruntGrunt ×17
    116. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    117. GruntGrunt
    118. T2 converter
    119. GruntGrunt ×2
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt ×4
    122. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    123. GruntGrunt ×4
    124. Wind
    125. GruntGrunt ×6
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. GruntGrunt ×10
    128. Wind
    129. GruntGrunt ×4
    130. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    131. GruntGrunt ×17
    132. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    133. GruntGrunt ×3
    134. Wind
    135. GruntGrunt ×14
    136. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    137. GruntGrunt ×7
    138. Wind
    139. GruntGrunt ×17
    140. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    141. GruntGrunt ×5
    142. Wind
    143. GruntGrunt ×16
    144. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    145. GruntGrunt ×15
    146. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    147. GruntGrunt ×12
    148. Wind
    149. GruntGrunt ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingBread's (31 OS, 10/10/2026); 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

RollingBread

31.4 OS · 10/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
2386 metal received · 120134 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

RollingBread18games of this buildMilkdragon6games of this buildCommandoMan5games of this buildDouglasBacon4games of this buildAdeus2games of this build