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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Solar
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:02 · 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 · 40 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Energy storage
    9. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    12. Mex
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:13 · typical 3:13
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×5
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Con turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:48 · typical 5:18
    34. Con turret
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    36. Con turret ×2
    37. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:41 · typical 6:57
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Converter ×4
    40. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:01 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Converter
    2. ArbalestArbalest
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Converter
    5. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:13
    6. ValiantValiant
    7. FinchFinch
    8. Converter
    9. FinchFinch
    10. ValiantValiant
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. ValiantValiant
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:39 · typical 7:13
    14. Converter
    15. ValiantValiant ×2
    16. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    17. ValiantValiant
    18. Mex
    19. ValiantValiant ×2
    20. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:28 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. ValiantValiant
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    3. ValiantValiant
    4. StarlightStarlightdone 9:52 · 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 · 129 steps
    1. ValiantValiant
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. StarlightStarlight
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:23
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. StarlightStarlight
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Converter
    9. PawnPawn ×2
    10. Converter
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Pond
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Converter
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Wind
    18. UmbraJammer
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. PawnPawn
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. ProphetRadar vehicle
    26. Wind
    27. PawnPawn
    28. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 11:33
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. AmbassadorAmbassador
    33. Converter
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Converter ×2
    36. JaguarJaguar
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Converter
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Converter
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Converter
    43. SentrySentry
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. PawnPawn
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. PawnPawn
    55. Wind
    56. PawnPawn
    57. Converter
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. PawnPawn
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. PawnPawn
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. PawnPawn
    68. JaguarJaguar
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn
    72. Converter
    73. PawnPawn
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. ShredderShredderdone 13:22 · typical 9:24
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. PawnPawn
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. PawnPawn
    85. Wind
    86. ShredderShredder
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Wind
    90. LazarusLazarus
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. Wind
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. JaguarJaguar
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Wind
    97. JaguarJaguar
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. Converter
    102. PawnPawn
    103. JaguarJaguar
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Converter
    106. JaguarJaguar
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. Converter
    109. JaguarJaguar
    110. Con turret
    111. PawnPawn
    112. Converter
    113. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:37
    114. Converter
    115. PawnPawn
    116. JaguarJaguar
    117. Con turret
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Converter
    120. JaguarJaguar
    121. Con turret
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn
    125. JaguarJaguar
    126. PawnPawn
    127. Converter
    128. JaguarJaguar
    129. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (55 OS, 21/08/2026); 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

Immort

54.5 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
4272 metal received · 59474 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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