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Starlight push

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo takes an unusually early second path (Bot Lab plus Vehicle Plant into Advanced Vehicle Plant) to field Starlight snipers by 8:22 alongside Jaguar support, fighting mostly in the middle.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (80%)

#push #artillery · 15 distinct matches · 8 players · 3% of Cortex Geo games · team won 67% of 15 · 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 9:57
  • Bot LabBot Lab in 93%8% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 93%6% of all Geo games by then
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 87%5% of all Geo games by then
  • ProphetRadar vehicle in 87%15% of all Geo games by then

Started with Starlight (93%), Negotiator (7%).

Where those units first fight, in 15 games with kill data: in the middle 87%, on their own side 13%.

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

Then transitions into Jaguar (19% 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 15 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
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 0:59–1:13

    Some games also: solar (40%)

    By 0:49 in all: 2 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:54 · typical 1:05
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Graverobber3 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. GruntGruntfor Suicide front
    6. Wind
    7. GruntGruntfor Suicide front
    8. GraverobberGraverobber
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    11. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    12. Energy storage
    13. Mex ×2
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Con turret
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:14 · typical 3:14
    18. Con turret ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Energy storage
    21. Converter ×5
    22. Metal storage
    23. Con turret ×2
    24. ThistleThistle
  3. 3

    5:00 to Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 9 wind, 8 converter, 7 con turretin 73% of games
    2. Bot LabBot Lab after 7 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:54, middle half 6:41–7:11
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    By 6:31 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 9 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. ThistleThistle
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 5:38 · typical 5:24
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:07 · typical 7:00
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:09 · typical 6:54
  4. 4

    Bot Lab to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 7 wind, 9 converter, 7 con turret
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~7:59, middle half 7:43–8:07
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: converter (33%)

    By 7:33 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 1 solar · 11 converter

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Solar
    2. Converter
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:28 · typical 7:17
    6. Converter
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:59 · typical 7:59
  5. 5

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle snipers

    Order
    1. StarlightT2 vehicle snipers after 8 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~8:43, middle half 8:13–8:57

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (40%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. JaguarJaguar
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. JaguarJaguar
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. JaguarJaguar
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Wind
    19. StarlightStarlightdone 8:57 · typical 8:43
  6. 6

    T2 vehicle snipers to 10:00

    Army
    • Starlight3 Starlight +3 vs standard

    Some games also: converter (47%) · jammer (47%) · radar vehicle (47%) · Jaguar (40%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 61 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×3
    3. ProphetRadar vehicle
    4. Wind
    5. UmbraJammer
    6. Wind
    7. StarlightStarlight
    8. Wind ×3
    9. StarlightStarlight
    10. Wind ×2
    11. JaguarJaguar
    12. Wind ×2
    13. JaguarJaguar
    14. Wind
    15. BullBulldone 10:28
    16. Wind
    17. BullBull ×2
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:11
    19. Converter
    20. BullBull
    21. Converter ×3
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Converter
    24. BullBull
    25. LazarusLazarus
    26. Converter
    27. LazarusLazarus
    28. BullBull
    29. Converter
    30. LazarusLazarus ×2
    31. Converter
    32. BullBull
    33. TickTick
    34. BullBull
    35. TickTick ×4
    36. BullBull
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. TickTick ×2
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. TickTick ×3
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. TickTick ×3
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. TickTick
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. GuardGuard
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. TickTick
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. GuardGuard
    54. TickTick
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. TickTick
    57. JaguarJaguar
    58. TickTick
    59. GuardGuard
    60. SentrySentry
    61. JaguarJaguar ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is I_pawngame_u's (39 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:37 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 8:37 · in 73% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:41 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Tech or Suicide frontfirst at 5:00 · in 60% 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

15 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
1:003313370000
2:007568680000
3:00165215000000
4:00257926620000
5:00372437560000
6:00583856920000
7:00839479690000
8:0012244110440000
9:00153841407363430120
10:001833816930480375130259
11:00208811985319111255345720
12:0023570226895204249910051642
13:0027391256058083436516502640
14:0030642284979052592947354359
15:00325013174715575774854896280
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

I_pawngame_u

39.0 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2908 metal received · 126347 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:05Middle 50%: 0:59–1:13 · n=15
Geothermal Powerplant3:14Middle 50%: 3:11–3:26 · n=15
Advanced Metal Extractor5:24Middle 50%: 5:09–5:37 · n=15
Bot Lab6:54Middle 50%: 6:41–7:11 · n=14
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:00Middle 50%: 6:41–7:11 · n=15
Vehicle Plant7:17Middle 50%: 7:04–7:28 · n=14
Advanced Vehicle Plant7:59Middle 50%: 7:43–8:07 · n=14
Starlight8:43Middle 50%: 8:13–8:57 · n=14
Shredder9:24Middle 50%: 8:39–9:36 · n=9

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