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Starlight push

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo builds a second bot lab and its own vehicle plant/advanced vehicle plant to bring out Starlights around 8:20 with Jaguar and Prophet support, pushing them to the middle as long-range snipers.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (87%)

#t2 #push #artillery · 30 distinct matches · 19 players · 4% of Cortex Geo games · team won 63% of 30 · 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 9:47
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 93%6% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 93%6% of all Geo games by then
  • ProphetRadar vehicle in 93%17% of all Geo games by then
  • Bot LabBot Lab in 90%10% of all Geo games by then

Started with Starlight (97%), Negotiator (3%).

Where those units first fight, in 30 games with kill data: in the middle 87%, on their own side 13%.

Those units destroy a typical 6,467 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Jaguar (20% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Advanced Vehicle Plant by 7:36

  1. Open standard mex and wind, drop a Bot Lab by 1:05.
  2. Get geo up, then push Advanced Metal Extractor by 5:26.
  3. Eat the Bot Lab, rebuild it, then eat it again for metal.
  4. Rush Vehicle Plant into Advanced Vehicle Plant by 7:36.
  5. Lead with Starlight, backed by Jaguar and Shredder, to front.
  6. Add T2 vehicle support (Prophet) and transition to T2 cons.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 30 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 Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 3 winddone ~1:05, middle half 0:54–1:13

    By 0:49 in all: 2 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · typical 1:05
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind−4 vs standard
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 9 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turretin 67% of games
    4. Bot LabBot Lab after 7 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:47, middle half 6:28–7:18
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies

    By 6:28 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 8 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. Wind
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:10 · typical 3:15
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. GruntGrunt ×2
    15. Mexfor Beach sea
    16. Con turret
    17. GruntGrunt
    18. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 5:24 · typical 5:29
    27. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:52 · typical 7:00
    28. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:18 · typical 6:47
  3. 3

    Bot Lab to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 8 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:07, middle half 7:55–8:19
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: converter (33%)

    By 7:34 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:56 · typical 7:17
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:33 · typical 8:07
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle snipers

    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    3. StarlightT2 vehicle snipers after 9 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:42, middle half 8:22–9:02

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (37%) · converter (30%)

    By 8:22 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind (standard 13) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    2. UmbraJammer
    3. StarlightStarlightdone 7:55 · typical 8:42
  5. 5

    T2 vehicle snipers to 10:00

    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight +2 vs standard
    • Umbra1 Jammer

    Some games also: radar vehicle (47%) · converter (37%) · converter (33%) · Jaguar (33%) · wind (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind (standard 17) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. JunoJuno
    2. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    3. Con turret
    4. Energy storage ×2
    5. ProphetRadar vehicle
    6. UmbraJammer
    7. StarlightStarlight ×3
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    10. StarlightStarlight
    11. CitadelAnti-nukedone 10:51
    12. JaguarJaguar
    13. ProphetRadar vehicle
    14. UmbraJammer
    15. JaguarJaguar ×5
    16. TracerTracer
    17. JaguarJaguar ×2
    18. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×6
    19. UmbraJammer
    20. ProphetRadar vehicle
    21. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:39
    22. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    23. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    24. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    25. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    26. Hardened Metal Storage
    27. Con turret ×3
    28. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ITz_HonestAbee's (32 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach seafirst at 2:07 · in 83% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:32 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 8:59 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:43 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Suicide frontfirst at 5:04 · in 40% 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

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

30 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
1:003313420000
2:007958710000
3:00159115000000
4:00264926630000
5:00372036900000
6:00583155860000
7:00816278910000
8:0011859109610000
9:0014994138763221047
10:001783416784344296130185
11:00207021961014811102195738
12:002347722685425722334551443
13:0027024255517452403918862394
14:0030035284138000580934164294
15:0032337313519571786255125693
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Far ahead of the role's norm, with much higher team win rate, more metal destroyed, and less lost by 15:00.

  • + Destroys 14281 enemy metal by 15:00 vs 8336 standard.
  • + Loses only 5650 metal by 15:00 vs 6575 standard.
  • − Reaching Advanced Vehicle Plant by 7:36 is rare, done by only 5% of role games.
  • − Eating both labs twice means committing hard to the vehicle line.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

ITz_HonestAbee

32.1 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
4428 metal received · 189930 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:05Middle 50%: 0:54–1:13 · n=30
Geothermal Powerplant3:15Middle 50%: 3:09–3:31 · n=30
Advanced Metal Extractor5:29Middle 50%: 5:18–5:39 · n=30
Bot Lab6:47Middle 50%: 6:28–7:18 · n=27
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:00Middle 50%: 6:41–7:16 · n=23
Vehicle Plant7:17Middle 50%: 7:01–7:42 · n=28
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:55–8:19 · n=29
Starlight8:42Middle 50%: 8:22–9:02 · n=29
Shredder9:49Middle 50%: 9:07–11:47 · n=15

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