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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 ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. GraverobberGraverobber
    6. Energy storage
    7. Con turret
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:15 · typical 3:13
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×3
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:08 · typical 5:18
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:39 · typical 6:57
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:46 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:04 · typical 7:13
    4. PawnPawn ×4
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. PawnPawn
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. PawnPawn
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. PawnPawn
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. PawnPawn
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:23 · 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. Advanced Construction BotT2 con botfor Suicide front
    2. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    3. StarlightStarlightdone 8:56 · 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 · 143 steps
    1. StarlightStarlight
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:12
    3. Energy storage
    4. StarlightStarlight
    5. Energy storage
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. StarlightStarlight
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. TickTick ×2
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. Converter
    17. StarlightStarlight
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick ×2
    23. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:40
    24. TickTick
    25. Wind
    26. TickTick
    27. ProphetRadar vehicle
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick ×3
    30. UmbraJammer
    31. Wind
    32. TickTick
    33. Wind
    34. TickTick
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Wind ×2
    40. TickTick
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind ×2
    43. TickTick ×2
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. Wind
    46. TickTick ×4
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick ×3
    50. Wind
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. TickTick
    53. Wind ×2
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. BlinkScout plane
    56. TickTick
    57. JaguarJaguar
    58. Wind
    59. BlinkScout plane
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind
    62. BlinkScout plane
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. TickTick
    65. BlinkScout plane
    66. Con turret
    67. TickTick
    68. Con turret
    69. BlinkScout plane
    70. TickTick
    71. JaguarJaguar
    72. BlinkScout plane
    73. Wind
    74. TickTick
    75. BlinkScout plane
    76. JaguarJaguar
    77. TickTick
    78. BlinkScout plane
    79. TickTick
    80. BlinkScout plane
    81. TickTick
    82. Con turret
    83. BlinkScout plane
    84. TickTick
    85. BlinkScout plane
    86. TickTick
    87. Con turret
    88. BlinkScout plane
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind
    91. BlinkScout plane
    92. TickTick
    93. StarlightStarlight
    94. BlinkScout plane
    95. Wind
    96. TickTick
    97. BlinkScout plane
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind ×2
    100. BlinkScout plane
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. BlinkScout plane
    104. TickTick
    105. BlinkScout plane
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. BlinkScout plane ×2
    110. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. BlinkScout plane
    114. TickTick
    115. BlinkScout plane
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. BlinkScout plane
    119. StarlightStarlight
    120. BlinkScout plane
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. JunoJuno
    125. BlinkScout plane
    126. TickTick
    127. Wind
    128. BlinkScout plane
    129. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. BlinkScout plane
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick
    135. Wind
    136. StarlightStarlight
    137. Wind
    138. BlinkScout plane
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. BlinkScout plane
    142. Wind
    143. BlinkScout plane ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_HYDRA's (54 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

PRO_HYDRA

53.5 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
3443 metal received · 130903 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

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