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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:34 · 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. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Con turret ×2
    6. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 3:42 · typical 4:21
  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 · 8 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot ×2for Geo
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:38 · typical 5:53
    7. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
  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 · 69 steps
    1. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    2. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Pond
    3. TwitcherTwitcher
    4. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Energy storage
    10. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    11. Wind ×2
    12. SumoSumo ×2for Suicide frontdone 7:27
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×2
    16. ArbiterArbiterfor Suicide frontdone 8:15
    17. Wind ×5
    18. ArbiterArbiterfor Suicide front
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Wind ×2
    22. TwitcherTwitcher
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Metal storage
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×5
    27. CommandoCommando
    28. Wind ×7
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind ×6
    31. CommandoCommando
    32. Wind ×3
    33. HerculesLight transport
    34. Wind ×2
    35. HerculesLight transport
    36. Wind ×3
    37. CommandoCommandofor Air
    38. Wind
    39. FinchFinch
    40. HerculesLight transport
    41. FinchFinch ×2
    42. Wind ×2
    43. FinchFinch
    44. Converter
    45. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 12:11
    46. FinchFinch
    47. Con turret
    48. Converter
    49. FinchFinch
    50. Wind
    51. FinchFinch ×2
    52. Converter ×2
    53. Wind
    54. Converter ×5
    55. T2 converter
    56. Converter ×19
    57. T2 converter
    58. Converter ×6
    59. Medium MineMedium Mine
    60. Converter ×13
    61. Fusion ReactorFusion
    62. Con turret
    63. Converter
    64. Con turret ×2
    65. Converter ×2
    66. T2 converter
    67. Con turret
    68. Converter
    69. Con turret ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CommandoMan's (37 OS, 09/08/2026); 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

CommandoMan

36.6 OS · 09/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units
1984 metal received · 90537 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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