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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×4
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:28 · typical 3:15
    10. Converter ×3
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Con turret ×3
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:30 · typical 5:29
    21. PrudePrudedone 7:19
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:52 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:29 · typical 7:17
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    7. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:02 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:30
    4. OspreyHeavy transport
    5. BlinkScout plane
    6. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    7. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 8:19
    8. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    9. Con turret
    10. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    13. ProphetRadar vehicle
    14. UmbraJammer
    15. StarlightStarlightdone 9:41 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. StarlightStarlight
    3. Converter ×5
    4. JunoJuno
    5. Converter ×4
    6. StarlightStarlight
    7. Converter ×6
    8. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    9. Converter ×4
    10. JaguarJaguar
    11. Converter
    12. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:05
    13. JaguarJaguar
    14. Converter ×2
    15. StarlightStarlight
    16. Converter ×4
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Wind
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:30
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. LazarusLazarus ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. LazarusLazarus ×2
    32. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Milkdragon's (34 OS, 12/09/2026); 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

Milkdragon

34.5 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
250 metal received · 116814 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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