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Starlight rush

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo pushes for an early Starlight from about 8:25, slightly ahead of the role's typical first-Starlight timing of 9:21.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (68%)

#push · 25 distinct matches · 18 players · 1% of Armada Geo games · team won 48% of 25 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • StarlightStarlight from 8:25 · 8% of role by thenOnly 8% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:59

Where those units first fight, in 14 games with kill data: in the middle 79%, on their own side 21%.

Those units destroy a typical 172 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into Jaguar (12% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Starlight by 8:25

  1. Open double mex and wind, drop bot lab by 0:59 as normal.
  2. Get geo up, then push straight into a vehicle plant.
  3. Add advanced mex and reclaim bot lab into the vehicle plant.
  4. Reclaim vehicle plant into an advanced vehicle plant for the Starlight.
  5. Push out the Starlight early and fly it to front right away.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 25 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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+2 vs standard
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~0:59, middle half 0:58–1:14

    By 0:42 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind (standard 2)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · typical 0:59
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter9Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 6 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 8 wind, 9 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:42, middle half 5:35–7:01
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    Some games also: Advanced Geothermal Powerplant (32%)

    By 6:25 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 9 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. TickTick ×3
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:10 · typical 3:30
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 3:45 · typical 6:42
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to Advanced Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 8 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:44, middle half 7:12–7:59
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    By 7:11 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind · 1 geo · 11 converter · 1 energy storage · 6 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Energy storage
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 5:02 · typical 7:44
  4. 4

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to Starlight

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine3Wind+3 vs standard
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Order
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    2. StarlightStarlight after 13 wind, 13 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:52, middle half 8:19–10:16

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

    By 8:03 in all: 4 mex · 13 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 13 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    2. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:52
  5. 5

    Starlight to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter1Converter
    Army
    • Starlight1 Starlight

    Some games also: Shredder (36%) · jammer (32%) · radar vehicle (32%) · eat Advanced Vehicle Plant (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 68 steps
    1. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    2. MauserMauser ×3
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    5. Converter ×5
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:51 · typical 5:36
    7. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    9. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 9:20 · typical 7:10
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:58
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. StarlightStarlight ×2
    15. Converter ×2
    16. UmbraJammer
    17. Converter
    18. ProphetRadar vehicle
    19. Converter
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Converter ×3
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. StarlightStarlight
    27. JaguarJaguar
    28. Wind
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. Wind
    31. JaguarJaguar
    32. Wind
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. StarlightStarlight
    35. Wind ×4
    36. StarlightStarlight
    37. Wind ×3
    38. ProphetRadar vehicle
    39. Wind ×2
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. Wind
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. Wind
    44. Converter
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Converter
    47. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Converter
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Wind ×2
    62. JaguarJaguar
    63. Wind
    64. JaguarJaguar
    65. Wind ×2
    66. JaguarJaguar
    67. Wind ×2
    68. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (35 OS, 30/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 1:54 · in 76% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Pondfirst at 2:10 · in 100% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:13 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:47 · in 84% 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

25 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
2:007408600000
3:00147815270000
4:00249726710000
5:00360136930000
6:00561556360000
7:00805680190000
8:0011295113430000
9:0013951144060435484
10:001569017270109472130200
11:0018138201104101745130520
12:00192442298092236185901605
13:0021092257302004587416622970
14:0024252285743564825018804419
15:00271923134735641020927215552
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This early Starlight push lost far more than the standard build and the team won much less often.

  • + Reaches Starlight around 8:25 versus the role's usual 9:19.
  • − Metal produced by 15:00 is well below standard (25882 vs 31692).
  • − Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 is far lower (3396 vs 10560), showing weak impact.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

XXMACGAMERXX

34.5 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1566 metal received · 99911 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:59Middle 50%: 0:58–1:14 · n=25
Geothermal Powerplant3:30Middle 50%: 3:12–3:48 · n=25
Advanced Metal Extractor5:36Middle 50%: 5:18–6:15 · n=25
Vehicle Plant6:42Middle 50%: 5:35–7:01 · n=25
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:45–9:20 · n=17
Advanced Vehicle Plant7:44Middle 50%: 7:12–7:59 · n=25
Starlight8:52Middle 50%: 8:19–10:16 · n=20
Shredder9:25Middle 50%: 9:09–9:44 · n=13

Played most by

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