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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. Windfor Pond
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · 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. Windfor Pond
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    3. Windfor Pond
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    5. Windfor Pond
    6. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    7. Windfor Pond
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    9. Windfor Pond
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobberfor Pond
    12. Windfor Pond
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    14. Converterfor Pond
    15. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 4:20 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind ×3for Pond
    2. Converterfor Pond
    3. Wind ×3for Pond
    4. Converterfor Pond
    5. Windfor Pond
    6. Converter ×2for Pond
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×2for Pond
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Wind ×2for Pond
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo
    12. Wind ×3for Pond
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Ponddone 5:41 · typical 5:41
    14. Converterfor Pond
    15. Windfor Pond
  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 · 62 steps
    1. Converter ×3for Pond
    2. Windfor Pond
    3. Converterfor Pond
    4. Wind ×3for Pond
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    6. Windfor Pond
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    8. Wind ×3for Pond
    9. Con turretfor Pond
    10. Wind ×2for Pond
    11. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    13. Wind ×2for Pond
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    15. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    16. Wind ×3for Pond
    17. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    18. Con turretfor Pond
    19. Windfor Pond
    20. Con turretfor Pond
    21. Windfor Pond
    22. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Air
    23. Con turretfor Pond
    24. Windfor Pond
    25. Con turretfor Pond
    26. Windfor Pond
    27. Con turretfor Pond
    28. Windfor Pond
    29. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactorfor Ponddone 12:50
    30. Con turretfor Pond
    31. Wind ×2for Pond
    32. Con turretfor Pond
    33. Wind ×5for Pond
    34. TwitcherTwitcherfor Pond
    35. Wind ×4for Pond
    36. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    37. Wind ×2for Pond
    38. Con turret ×2for Pond
    39. Windfor Pond
    40. Converterfor Pond
    41. Windfor Pond
    42. Converterfor Pond
    43. Windfor Pond
    44. Converter ×2for Pond
    45. Windfor Pond
    46. Converterfor Pond
    47. Windfor Pond
    48. Converter ×2for Pond
    49. Windfor Pond
    50. Converterfor Pond
    51. Windfor Pond
    52. T2 converterfor Pond
    53. Converterfor Pond
    54. Windfor Pond
    55. T2 converterfor Pond
    56. Wind ×2for Pond
    57. T2 converterfor Pond
    58. Con turretfor Pond
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wallfor Pond
    60. Con turret ×2for Pond
    61. Wind ×2for Pond
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RollingBread's (34 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Air or Geofirst at 2:37 · 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

33.8 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

35 received units · includes a constructor
853 metal received · 53110 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