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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Air
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Energy storage
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
  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 · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Con turret ×2
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:45
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:27
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Front
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    5. ButlerButler ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    8. SharpshooterSniper botfor Geodone 8:45
    9. Wind ×7
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Beach sea
    13. Wind ×3
    14. ButlerButler
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ButlerButler
    17. Wind ×2
    18. ButlerButler
    19. Wind ×2
    20. ButlerButler
    21. Wind ×2
    22. ButlerButler
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ButlerButler
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ButlerButler
    27. Wind
    28. ButlerButler
    29. Wind
    30. ButlerButler
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ButlerButler
    33. Wind ×3
    34. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    35. Wind ×6
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×6
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Converter
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:39
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Metal storage
    48. Wind ×4
    49. Converter ×4
    50. Con turret
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter ×3
    54. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 11:57
    55. Converter
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind ×5
    62. Converter
    63. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:10
    64. Con turret
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Fusion ReactorFusion
    67. Con turret ×5
    68. PlatypusPlatypus ×4
    69. Wind ×2
    70. PlatypusPlatypus
    71. Converter
    72. PlatypusPlatypus
    73. Wind
    74. PlatypusPlatypus
    75. Wind ×2
    76. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind ×2
    81. PlatypusPlatypus
    82. Wind
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind ×2
    85. PlatypusPlatypus
    86. Converter
    87. Wind ×4
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Wind ×4
    94. PlatypusPlatypus
    95. Converter
    96. Wind ×3
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. Wind
    99. PlatypusPlatypus
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. Wind ×3
    103. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    104. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. PlatypusPlatypus
    108. Wind ×4
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Wind ×2
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RefuseToLearn's (39 OS, 29/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Air or Geofirst at 2:49 · 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

RefuseToLearn

39.1 OS · 29/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2014 metal received · 65969 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

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