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Starlight snipers

Cortex Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Geo rushes a second Vehicle Plant and Advanced Vehicle Plant to bring Starlight tachyon snipers to the middle by around 8:22, well ahead of the role's usual T2 bot timeline, using long range vehicle snipers instead of the standard Sheldon…

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (84%)

#t2 #push #artillery · 31 distinct matches · 20 players · 4% of Cortex Geo games · team won 61% of 31 · 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 94%5% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 94%6% of all Geo games by then
  • ProphetRadar vehicle in 94%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 31 games with kill data: in the middle 87%, on their own side 13%.

Those units destroy a typical 6,613 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 31 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 0:54–1:13

    By 0:49 in all: 2 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · typical 1:05
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Turret6 Con turret
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Graverobber1 Graverobber for allies
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Mex
    10. GraverobberGraverobber
    11. Wind
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:01 · typical 3:15
    13. Con turret
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×8
    24. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to Bot Lab

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 9 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Bot LabBot Lab after 7 wind, 8 converter, 6 con turretdone ~6:49, middle half 6:32–7:21

    Some games also: con turret (42%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 converter

    By 6:31 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind (standard 11) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 8 converter (standard 11) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:35 · typical 5:30
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:34 · typical 7:00
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:15 · typical 6:49
  4. 4

    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 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:07, middle half 7:55–8:20
    Builders
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: converter (32%)

    By 7:35 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 12) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:18 · typical 7:18
    6. Wind
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Converter
    9. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    10. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    11. Converter
    12. Converter
    13. Converter
    14. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:05 · typical 8:07
  5. 5

    Advanced Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle snipers

    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    3. StarlightT2 vehicle snipers after 8 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turretdone ~8:43, middle half 8:23–9:03

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (35%)

    By 8:22 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 13) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Converter ×2
    3. StarlightStarlightdone 8:22 · typical 8:43
  6. 6

    T2 vehicle snipers to 10:00

    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight +2 vs standard
    • Umbra1 Jammer

    Some games also: radar vehicle (45%) · converter (35%) · converter (32%) · Jaguar (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 Sheldon

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 8 wind (standard 17) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 12 converter (standard 16) · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Converter
    4. StarlightStarlight ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Wind
    7. ShredderShredderdone 9:36
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. ShredderShredder
    11. Wind
    12. Wind
    13. Wind
    14. ShredderShredder
    15. Wind
    16. Wind
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    19. Wind
    20. Wind ×2
    21. MauserMauser
    22. Wind
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. MauserMauser
    26. Wind ×3
    27. MauserMauser
    28. Wind
    29. Wind
    30. Wind ×2
    31. MauserMauser
    32. Wind
    33. Wind
    34. MauserMauser
    35. Wind
    36. JunoJuno
    37. MauserMauser
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Wind
    40. MauserMauser
    41. Wind
    42. MauserMauser
    43. Wind
    44. MauserMauser
    45. Wind
    46. Wind
    47. Wind
    48. MauserMauser
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Wind
    51. MauserMauser
    52. Wind
    53. MauserMauser
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind
    57. MauserMauser
    58. Wind ×3
    59. MauserMauser
    60. Wind ×2
    61. MauserMauser
    62. Con turret
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    65. Wind ×2
    66. ConsulConsul
    67. Wind
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. Wind
    71. ConsulConsul
    72. Wind
    73. Wind
    74. Wind
    75. TracerTracer
    76. ConsulConsul
    77. Wind
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Wind
    81. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 13:40
    82. Wind
    83. Wind
    84. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Converter
    94. Converter
    95. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. Converter
    99. Converter
    100. Metal storage
    101. Converter
    102. Converter
    103. Converter
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. Converter
    106. PlatypusPlatypus
    107. Con turret
    108. Wind
    109. Converter
    110. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Nazarid's (38 OS, 04/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach seafirst at 2:06 · in 84% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:31 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide frontfirst at 8:59 · in 74% 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 39% 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

31 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
1:003313440000
2:007988740000
3:00160815010000
4:00263726360000
5:00371536950000
6:00582355010000
7:00815078160000
8:0011815108080000
9:0014949136802131043
10:001778616620298295130174
11:00206501942914641117260629
12:002345622513469522524501355
13:0026729252397700403316612260
14:0029902281348143580335803820
15:0032333311569942779254894959
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

Nazarid

37.7 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
502 metal received · 90202 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=31
Geothermal Powerplant3:15Middle 50%: 3:09–3:30 · n=31
Advanced Metal Extractor5:30Middle 50%: 5:19–5:39 · n=31
Bot Lab6:49Middle 50%: 6:32–7:21 · n=28
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:00Middle 50%: 6:42–7:20 · n=24
Vehicle Plant7:18Middle 50%: 7:02–7:44 · n=29
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:55–8:20 · n=30
Starlight8:43Middle 50%: 8:23–9:03 · n=30

Played most by

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