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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 · 43% 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Con turret
  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 · 15 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:33
    7. Wind
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 4:37
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. TzarTzarfor Ponddone 5:12
  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 · 75 steps
    1. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Geo
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:00 · typical 5:56
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Geo sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Air
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Metal storage
    18. Con turret
    19. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Pond
    20. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 9:10
    21. Con turret ×4
    22. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:17
    23. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    24. Converter ×2
    25. ShurikenShuriken
    26. Converter
    27. ShurikenShuriken
    28. Converter ×2
    29. ShurikenShuriken
    30. Converter ×2
    31. ShurikenShuriken
    32. Converter ×3
    33. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:47
    34. ShurikenShuriken
    35. Converter
    36. ShurikenShuriken ×3
    37. Converter ×2
    38. ShurikenShuriken ×7
    39. Converter
    40. ShurikenShuriken ×19
    41. ValiantValiant ×2
    42. Converter ×2
    43. ValiantValiant ×7
    44. Converter
    45. ValiantValiant ×2
    46. Converter
    47. ValiantValiant ×2
    48. Converter
    49. ValiantValiant ×4
    50. Converter
    51. ValiantValiant ×7
    52. Converter
    53. ValiantValiant ×10
    54. Converter
    55. ValiantValiant ×8
    56. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×3
    57. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 12:28
    58. Con turret ×2
    59. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    60. PrevailerPrevailerdone 13:14
    61. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    62. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:58
    63. Con turret ×2
    64. NemesisNemesis
    65. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    66. Con turret
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    70. SaviourMobile anti-nukedone 14:29
    71. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×3
    72. SaviourMobile anti-nuke
    73. Fusion ReactorFusion
    74. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (43 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

UsurpeR

43.2 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

36 received units
5007 metal received · 147359 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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