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Tzar rush

Geo rushes an Advanced Vehicle Plant to field a Tzar around 6 minutes, far earlier than the role's typical first T2 unit, leading the front push before adding Omen support and Fury anti-air.

#rush #push · 19 distinct matches · 12 players · 5% of Cortex Geo games · team won 63% of 19 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • TzarT2 vehicle assault from 5:57 · 3% of role by thenFrom the Advanced Vehicle Plant. Only 3% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 10:11
  • OmenRadar vehicle in 79%7% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 74%14% of all Geo games by then
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 68%12% of all Geo games by then
  • FuryFury in 53%9% of all Geo games by then

Started with Tzar (79%), Tiger (21%).

Where those units first fight, in 19 games with kill data: in the middle 89%, on their own side 11%.

Those units destroy a typical 5,067 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tiger (28% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Tzar out by 6:05

  1. Open mex, wind and geo, but rush Vehicle Plant by 3:44.
  2. Push Advanced Vehicle Plant far earlier than the role norm.
  3. Field Tzar-led T2 vehicle assault to push middle immediately.
  4. Add radar vehicle support to back the heavy tank push.
  5. Shift the army toward more Tiger and Quaker as it scales up.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 19 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:57 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:08, middle half 1:04–1:14

    By 0:51 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · typical 1:08
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter−2 vs standard
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 2 con turretdone ~4:31, middle half 3:51–5:45
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret −2 vs standard
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies

    Some games also: Graverobber for allies (47%)

    By 4:14 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 2 converter (standard 4) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Solar
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Mex
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    12. Mex
    13. Con turret
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:38 · typical 3:38
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Energy storage
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Energy storage
    23. Converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×14
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:07
    32. PrudePrudedone 7:00
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    34. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:08 · typical 4:31
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle assault

    Economy
    • Energy Converter5Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 5 converter
    2. TzarT2 vehicle assault after 4 mex, 7 wind, 6 converterdone ~6:30, middle half 5:52–7:31
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (37%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind · 2 con turret

    By 5:57 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 6 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 6)

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:49 · typical 5:50
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. QuakerQuakerdone 8:08
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. QuakerQuaker
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. QuakerQuaker
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. QuakerQuaker
    19. Wind
    20. BeholderBeholder
    21. Converter
    22. OmenRadar vehicle
    23. Wind
    24. ObscurerJammer
    25. BanisherBanisherdone 9:04
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. Wind
    28. BeholderBeholder
    29. BanisherBanisher
    30. Wind
    31. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    32. BeholderBeholder
    33. Wind
    34. TigerTigerdone 9:53 · typical 9:52
  4. 4

    T2 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    Army
    • Obscurer1 Jammer
    • Omen1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: wind (47%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (47%) · tiger (37%) · fury (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 converter

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind (standard 15) · 1 geo · 6 converter (standard 18) · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret (standard 7)

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    2. Wind
    3. TigerTiger
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. SAMSAM
    6. TigerTiger
    7. Wind ×2
    8. SAMSAM
    9. TremorTremordone 11:12
    10. Wind ×3
    11. JunoJuno
    12. Wind ×2
    13. TigerTiger
    14. Wind ×3
    15. TigerTiger
    16. Wind ×3
    17. TigerTiger
    18. Wind ×2
    19. TigerTiger
    20. Wind ×3
    21. TigerTiger
    22. Wind ×2
    23. TigerTiger
    24. Wind ×3
    25. TigerTiger
    26. Wind ×2
    27. TigerTiger
    28. Wind
    29. TigerTiger
    30. FuryFurydone 13:32 · typical 9:28
    31. Wind ×3
    32. FuryFury
    33. Wind
    34. TigerTiger
    35. Wind ×3
    36. TigerTiger
    37. Wind
    38. TigerTiger
    39. Wind ×2
    40. TigerTiger
    41. Wind ×3
    42. TigerTiger
    43. Wind ×3
    44. TigerTiger

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GeeGee's (37 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach seafirst at 2:21 · in 47% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:39 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 9:31 · in 74% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:21 · in 47% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

19 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
1:003823350000
2:008908590000
3:00146014970000
4:00264726620000
5:00408137560000
6:00602556740000
7:00750479860000
8:0097751103490000
9:00127131408013553113074
10:0014873169222742334180258
11:00172231976948551255660720
12:0020227226485624249911341538
13:0020762255126550431618472629
14:0021511284977619600324704360
15:0024289317478225826426436299
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won more often than the standard build while losing far less own metal by 15:00 despite lower total production.

  • + Team won 57% vs 45% for the standard build.
  • + Lost only 2602 own metal by 15:00 vs 6290 standard.
  • − Metal production fell behind standard by 15:00 (24289 vs 31312).
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

GeeGee

36.8 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2536 metal received · 179578 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:08Middle 50%: 1:04–1:14 · n=18
Geothermal Powerplant3:38Middle 50%: 3:15–4:00 · n=19
Vehicle Plant4:31Middle 50%: 3:51–5:45 · n=19
Advanced Vehicle Plant5:50Middle 50%: 5:07–7:44 · n=19
Tzar6:30Middle 50%: 5:52–7:31 · n=15
Fury9:28Middle 50%: 7:40–10:33 · n=10
Tiger9:52Middle 50%: 9:35–10:54 · n=10

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