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Starlight rush

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Pushes for an early Starlight from around 8:25, slightly ahead of the role's norm, before a mixed T2 vehicle transition.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (80%)

#rush · 10 distinct matches · 5 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 20% of 10 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StarlightStarlight from 8:25 · 7% of role by thenOnly 7% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:56
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 50%19% of all Geo games by then
  • ShredderShredder in 50%14% of all Geo games by then
  • PrudePrude in 40%22% of all Geo games by then
  • UmbraJammer in 40%3% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Shredder (11% of army), Jaguar (10% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Starlight by 8:25

  1. Open mex and wind fast, bot lab up almost immediately.
  2. Get geo online, then rush vehicle plant by 4:43.
  3. Add Prude and adv geo to push energy for T2 units.
  4. Field your first Starlight near the role's normal timing.
  5. Add Shredder anti-air and Umbra jammer as the follow-up push.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 10 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 9:25 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 Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~0:59, middle half 0:57–0:59

    By 0:42 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter7Converter−3 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 7 wind, 7 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:38, middle half 5:22–6:57
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (30%)

    By 5:30 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter (standard 10) · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Con turret
    13. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:40 · typical 3:15
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Converter ×4
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Energy storage
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:22 · typical 5:34
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo sea
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:46 · typical 7:10
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo sea
    24. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:57 · typical 6:38
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to Starlight

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind+3 vs standard
    • Energy Converter5Converter+3 vs standard
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turret
    3. StarlightStarlight after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretdone ~9:09, middle half 8:23–10:30
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (40%) · radar vehicle (40%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (40%) · jammer (40%) · Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (30%)

    By 8:03 in all: 4 mex · 11 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:56 · typical 7:46
    5. Converter ×5
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. Converter
    8. ProphetRadar vehicle
    9. Converter
    10. UmbraJammer
    11. Converter
    12. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:09
  4. 4

    Starlight to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    Army
    • Starlight1 Starlight

    Some games also: Shredder (50%) · converter (40%) · jammer (40%) · radar vehicle (40%) · Nettle (30%) · eat Advanced Vehicle Plant (40%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 2 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. ShredderShredderdone 8:35 · typical 9:09
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. ShredderShredder
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. PrudePrudedone 13:59
    7. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RTX177013's (36 OS, 30/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 1:46 · in 80% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 1:50 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Front or Beach seafirst at 8:23 · in 60% of games
  • Mauser5 Mauser to Suicide front or Pond or Airfirst at 8:59 · in 30% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor2 T2 mex to Air or Geo sea or Suicide frontfirst at 12:16 · in 30% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:49 · in 80% of games
  • Advanced Metal Extractor1 T2 mex from Air or Techfirst at 4:59 · in 50% of games
  • Butler3 Butler from Techfirst at 10:40 · in 40% of games
  • Wind Turbine15 Wind from Air or Techfirst at 11:06 · in 40% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Suicide front or Front or Airfirst at 13:11 · 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

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

10 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
1:003333330000
2:007328210000
3:00157315310000
4:00264026930000
5:00365437230000
6:00584456610000
7:008188809811000
8:001147611503110042
9:0013748145386554130130
10:001444517434343538196260
11:00158562038241719581135668
12:001766123249832392014401824
13:0019915260671403597417973207
14:0022950289902853840221214577
15:00258823174633961050523455969
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Lost far more often than the standard build, with weaker economy and far fewer kills despite matching normal Starlight timing.

  • + Vehicle Plant and Prude built unusually early (50% of games by 4:43 and 5:20).
  • − Team won only 10% of games vs 54% standard.
  • − Own metal lost 2345 vs 2090-type levels while destroying only 3396 enemy metal by 15:00, far below standard's 10396.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

RTX177013

36.2 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
44 metal received · 20827 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:57–0:59 · n=10
Geothermal Powerplant3:15Middle 50%: 3:12–3:38 · n=10
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:10–6:14 · n=10
Vehicle Plant6:38Middle 50%: 5:22–6:57 · n=10
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:57–7:30 · n=7
Advanced Vehicle Plant7:46Middle 50%: 7:20–7:57 · n=10
Shredder9:09Middle 50%: 8:50–11:49 · n=7
Starlight9:09Middle 50%: 8:23–10:30 · n=7

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