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Starlight push

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pushes a lone early Starlight from about 8:25 that ends up fighting on the team's own side as the base comes under heavy pressure shortly after.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (80%)

#push · 10 distinct matches · 6 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 10% of 10 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StarlightStarlight from 8:25 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:57
  • PrudePrude in 50%12% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 50%19% of all Geo games by then
  • ShredderShredder in 50%15% of all Geo games by then
  • UmbraJammer in 40%3% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Shredder (11% of army), Jaguar (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Starlight by 8:23

  1. Open mex and wind, drop bot lab, then rush vehicle plant and geo.
  2. Get vehicle plant up early to start the T2 push timing.
  3. Add prude for the energy to fund a fast Starlight.
  4. Push out your first 'Starlight' well ahead of the norm.
  5. Add T2 vehicle anti-air ('Shredder'), then shift into T2 cons for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 10 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:25 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~0:59, middle half 0:58–0:59

    By 0:42 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter−3 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 7 wind, 7 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:30, middle half 5:22–6:57
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: Prude (30%)

    By 5:30 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter (standard 10) · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:14 · typical 3:15
    16. Con turret ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Energy storage
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×3
    25. Con turret
    26. Converter ×8
    27. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:06 · typical 6:30
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Energy Converter2Converter+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:44, middle half 7:17–7:57
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (40%) · Radar Tower (40%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (30%)

    By 7:16 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 10 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 5:57 · typical 7:44
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to Starlight

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+5 vs standard
    Order
    1. StarlightStarlight after 13 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~9:09, middle half 8:23–10:30

    Some games also: converter (40%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (40%) · radar vehicle (40%) · jammer (40%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 8:03 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 1 geo · 12 converter · 1 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. MauserMauser ×2for Pond
    3. Converter ×3
    4. MauserMauser ×2for Pond
    5. Solar
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. MauserMauserfor Pond
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Pond
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:55 · typical 5:26
    20. Wind
    21. ConsulConsulfor Pond
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:09
  5. 5

    Starlight to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    Army
    • Starlight1 Starlight
    • Shredder1 Shredder

    Some games also: radar vehicle (40%) · jammer (40%) · converter (30%) · con turret (30%) · Jaguar (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 24 wind · 1 geo · 13 converter · 2 energy storage · 7 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 86 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter ×2
    8. StarlightStarlight
    9. Converter
    10. PrudePrudedone 10:05 · typical 6:40
    11. TracerTracer
    12. UmbraJammer
    13. ProphetRadar vehicle
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. StarlightStarlight
    18. TracerTracer
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind ×2
    22. UmbraJammer
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. Wind
    26. Energy storage
    27. Wind
    28. StarlightStarlight
    29. Wind
    30. Energy storage
    31. Wind
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind ×2
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:04
    45. JaguarJaguar ×2
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. JaguarJaguar
    49. SentrySentry
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. LazarusLazarus
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. LazarusLazarus ×3
    54. JaguarJaguar
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. JaguarJaguar
    57. TickTick ×2
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 13:28
    60. TickTick ×3
    61. AmbassadorAmbassador
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. ShredderShredderdone 13:57 · typical 9:20
    66. TickTick ×4
    67. ShredderShredder
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. ShredderShredder
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. ShredderShredder
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. ShredderShredder
    76. TickTick ×3
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. TickTick
    81. JaguarJaguar
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. JaguarJaguar
    84. TickTick ×3
    85. JaguarJaguar
    86. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (39 OS, 13/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 1:43 · in 80% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 1:50 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Front or Pondfirst at 8:03 · in 60% of games
  • Mauser5 Mauser to Suicide front or Pond or Airfirst at 8:59 · in 30% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor2 T2 mex to Air or Geo sea or Suicide frontfirst at 12:16 · in 30% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:38 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1–2 T2 mex from Air or Techfirst at 4:55 · in 40% of games
  • Butler3 Butler from Techfirst at 10:40 · in 40% of games
  • Wind Turbine15 Wind from Air or Techfirst at 11:06 · in 40% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Suicide front or Air or Techfirst at 12:46 · in 30% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build against the role’s standard build, running totals by minute

  • This build
  • Standard geo

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

10 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildMetal produced: Standard geoEnemy metal destroyed: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: Standard geoOwn metal lost: This buildOwn metal lost: Standard geo
1:003333330000
2:007298270000
3:00168415280000
4:00267127000000
5:00365437260000
6:00587956580000
7:008188811111000
8:0011476115021106331
9:00137481451115451130130
10:001444517420343550970260
11:00158562038441719601703709
12:001766123249832392617031860
13:0019915260301403598619563253
14:0022950289332853840421214619
15:00258823157133961040823456090
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Team won far less than the standard build despite similar early metal, and killed much less enemy metal by 15:00.

  • + Vehicle plant up by 4:43 in 50% of games, well ahead of role's 19%.
  • + Owns near-zero metal lost at 5:00, matching standard's clean start.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 only 1365 vs 9210 for standard.
  • − Own metal lost by 15:00 1952 vs 6001, but team win rate crashes to 17%.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

38.6 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

0 received units
4196 metal received · 92041 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:58–0:59 · n=10
Geothermal Powerplant3:15Middle 50%: 3:12–3:27 · n=10
Advanced Metal Extractor5:26Middle 50%: 5:02–6:14 · n=10
Vehicle Plant6:30Middle 50%: 5:22–6:57 · n=10
Prude6:40Middle 50%: 6:39–10:05 · n=5
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:14Middle 50%: 6:51–7:34 · n=6
Advanced Vehicle Plant7:44Middle 50%: 7:17–7:57 · n=10
Starlight9:09Middle 50%: 8:23–10:30 · n=7
Shredder9:20Middle 50%: 8:50–11:49 · n=7

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