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Starlight push

Geo builds toward T2 vehicles and brings out Starlight tachyon tanks around 8-9 minutes to snipe from range in the middle, alongside Umbra support, instead of the usual bot-based T2 push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (77%)

#push #artillery · 13 distinct matches · 6 players · 3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 69% of 13 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StarlightT2 vehicle snipers from 8:22 · 6% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Vehicle Plant. Only 6% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 9:51
  • Bot LabBot Lab in 92%8% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 92%6% of all Geo games by then
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 85%5% of all Geo games by then
  • UmbraJammer in 85%14% of all Geo games by then

Started with Starlight (92%), Negotiator (8%).

Where those units first fight, in 13 games with kill data: in the middle 85%, on their own side 15%.

Those units destroy a typical 7,678 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Jaguar (18% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Vehicle Plant by 7:42

  1. Take standard mex and wind start into an early Bot Lab.
  2. Add a second Bot Lab well ahead of role norm for raid support.
  3. Push Vehicle Plant then Advanced Vehicle Plant fast for T2 snipers.
  4. Field Starlight tachyon snipers as your first T2 unit to front.
  5. Add jammer (Umbra) support to protect the Starlights from counters.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 13 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:23 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 Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:05, middle half 1:05–1:13

    Some games also: solar (46%)

    By 0:49 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · typical 1:05
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter9Converter−3 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 3 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turret
    3. Bot LabBot Lab after 6 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:47, middle half 6:39–7:06
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    By 6:28 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 1 solar · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 9 converter (standard 12)

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Wind
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:01 · typical 3:13
    13. Con turret
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×8
    23. Con turret ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:35 · typical 5:18
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:34 · typical 6:57
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:15 · typical 6:47
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 6 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:00, middle half 7:42–8:11
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: converter (31%)

    By 7:31 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 solar · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 14)

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:18 · typical 7:13
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    9. Converter
    10. Converter
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:05 · typical 8:00
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle snipers

    Order
    1. StarlightT2 vehicle snipers after 8 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:43, middle half 8:09–8:57

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (31%)

    By 8:22 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 solar · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter (standard 15)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Converter ×2
    3. StarlightStarlightdone 8:22 · typical 8:43
  5. 5

    T2 vehicle snipers to 10:00

    Army
    • Starlight3 Starlight +3 vs standard

    Some games also: jammer (46%) · radar vehicle (46%) · converter (46%) · Jaguar (38%) · Shredder (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 15) · 1 geo · 1 solar · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter (standard 18)

    The example game in this phase · 109 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Converter
    4. StarlightStarlight ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Wind
    7. ShredderShredderdone 9:36 · typical 9:24
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. ShredderShredder
    11. Wind
    12. Wind
    13. Wind
    14. ShredderShredder
    15. Wind
    16. Wind
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    19. Wind
    20. Wind ×2
    21. MauserMauser
    22. Wind
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. MauserMauser
    26. Wind ×3
    27. MauserMauser
    28. Wind
    29. Wind
    30. Wind ×2
    31. MauserMauser
    32. Wind
    33. Wind
    34. MauserMauser
    35. Wind
    36. JunoJuno
    37. MauserMauser
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Wind
    40. MauserMauser
    41. Wind
    42. MauserMauser
    43. Wind
    44. MauserMauser
    45. Wind
    46. Wind
    47. Wind
    48. MauserMauser
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Wind
    51. MauserMauser
    52. Wind
    53. MauserMauser
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. MauserMauser
    58. Wind ×3
    59. MauserMauser
    60. Wind ×2
    61. MauserMauser
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    65. Wind ×2
    66. ConsulConsul
    67. Wind
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. Wind
    71. ConsulConsul
    72. Wind
    73. Wind
    74. Wind
    75. TracerTracer
    76. ConsulConsul
    77. Wind
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Wind
    81. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 13:40
    82. Wind
    83. Wind
    84. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Converter
    94. Converter
    95. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Converter
    99. Converter
    100. Metal storage
    101. Converter
    102. Converter
    103. Converter
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Converter
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nazarid's (38 OS, 04/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:37 · in 85% of games
  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:39 · in 85% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 10:21 · in 69% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:38 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Suicide frontfirst at 5:00 · in 69% 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

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

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

metal

13 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
1:003803350000
2:008618590000
3:00165214970000
4:00266126620000
5:00372437560000
6:00616956740000
7:00842479860000
8:0012354110340000
9:001572214080633113074
10:001833816922658334130258
11:00208811976916341255345720
12:0023570226485204249910051538
13:0027477255128083431616502629
14:0030867284979052600347354360
15:00333313174716492826454896299
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build and destroyed far more enemy metal by 15:00 for similar losses.

  • + Destroyed 14963 metal by 15:00 vs 7969 for standard build.
  • + Produced more metal at 10:00 and 15:00 than standard build.
  • − Almost no kills before 10:00 (845 metal) if the push is delayed.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Nazarid

37.7 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
502 metal received · 90202 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:05Middle 50%: 1:05–1:13 · n=13
Geothermal Powerplant3:13Middle 50%: 3:10–3:24 · n=13
Advanced Metal Extractor5:18Middle 50%: 5:09–5:30 · n=13
Bot Lab6:47Middle 50%: 6:39–7:06 · n=12
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant6:57Middle 50%: 6:39–7:14 · n=13
Vehicle Plant7:13Middle 50%: 7:04–7:23 · n=12
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:00Middle 50%: 7:42–8:11 · n=12
Starlight8:43Middle 50%: 8:09–8:57 · n=12
Shredder9:24Middle 50%: 8:39–9:36 · n=9

Played most by

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