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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%18% 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 ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    3. GraverobberGraverobber
    4. GruntGruntfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. GruntGrunt ×2
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    10. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Converter
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:26 · typical 3:15
    15. Energy storage
    16. Converter
    17. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret ×3
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:10 · typical 5:29
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Converter ×2
    28. PrudePrudedone 7:57
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Con turret
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:41 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Converter
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:07 · typical 7:17
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    13. Wind ×5
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:58 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×9
    3. TickTick
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. Con turret
    7. Converter
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. StarlightStarlightdone 9:38 · 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 · 188 steps
    1. TickTick
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. TickTick
    5. RoverScout
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×2
    8. RoverScout
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. RoverScout
    12. Wind ×3
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    16. TickTick
    17. Wind ×2
    18. TickTick
    19. Wind
    20. TickTick
    21. Wind
    22. TickTick
    23. Wind ×2
    24. TickTick
    25. StarlightStarlight
    26. TickTick
    27. Wind ×2
    28. TickTick
    29. Wind ×2
    30. TickTick
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. LazarusLazarus
    36. Wind
    37. Converter ×2
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Con turret
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick ×3
    46. Wind
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind ×4
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. TickTick
    58. StarlightStarlight
    59. Wind
    60. TickTick
    61. Wind ×4
    62. TickTick
    63. Con turret
    64. TickTick
    65. Wind ×2
    66. TickTick
    67. Wind ×2
    68. TickTick
    69. Wind ×2
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind ×4
    72. TickTick ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. TickTick ×2
    76. StarlightStarlight
    77. Energy storage
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Energy storage
    88. Wind ×4
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. TickTick
    96. StarlightStarlight
    97. TickTick
    98. Converter
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TracerTracer
    107. Wind ×3
    108. TickTick
    109. Con turret
    110. Wind ×5
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:12
    118. StarlightStarlight
    119. TickTick
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Con turret
    122. Wind ×4
    123. Con turret
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×4
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind
    129. Wind
    130. UmbraJammer
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Wind
    136. Wind ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. ProphetRadar vehicle
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. Wind
    142. TickTick
    143. Converter
    144. TickTick
    145. Converter
    146. TickTick
    147. ShredderShredderdone 14:32 · typical 9:49
    148. Wind
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick
    159. Wind ×2
    160. TickTick
    161. Wind
    162. JaguarJaguar
    163. TickTick
    164. Wind
    165. TickTick
    166. Wind
    167. Wind
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Converter
    171. Wind
    172. Wind
    173. JaguarJaguar
    174. TickTick
    175. Converter
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind ×2
    178. Converter
    179. TickTick
    180. Converter
    181. Wind
    182. TickTick
    183. Wind ×2
    184. JaguarJaguar
    185. TickTick
    186. Wind
    187. LazarusLazarus
    188. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XuunnY's (32 OS, 11/10/2026); 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
2:007958720000
3:00159115000000
4:00264926640000
5:00372036940000
6:00583155860000
7:00816278930000
8:0011859109640000
9:0014994138803221050
10:001783416789344296130190
11:00207021961414811104195750
12:002347722686425722364551485
13:0027024255897452404418862397
14:0030035284238000581534164283
15:0032337313959571788155125630
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

XuunnY

32.0 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
3272 metal received · 52875 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

Played most by

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