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Tzar rush

Skips straight to an Advanced Vehicle Plant by 4:34 for a very early Tzar-led T2 vehicle push from just after 6:05, far earlier than the role's normal T2 timing, bringing heavy assault vehicles to the middle.

#t2 #rush #push · 19 distinct matches · 12 players · 4% of Cortex Geo games · team won 58% of 19 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • TzarT2 vehicle assault from 5:53 · 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 9:59
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 89%12% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 79%14% of all Geo games by then
  • ObscurerJammer in 74%6% of all Geo games by then
  • FuryFury in 47%8% of all Geo games by then

Started with Tzar (84%), Tiger (16%).

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 4,950 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tiger (25% 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 6:53 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 ~1:09, middle half 1:05–1:18

    By 0:52 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · typical 1:09
  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, 6 wind, 1 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 2 con turretdone ~4:31, middle half 3:51–5:00
    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 · 19 steps
    1. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. GruntGrunt ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. GraverobberGraverobberfor Beach sea
    8. Con turret
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. GraverobberGraverobber
    12. GruntGrunt ×5
    13. Mex
    14. Converter
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:17 · typical 3:50
    16. Converter ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:45 · typical 4:31
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle assault

    Economy
    • Energy Converter4Converter−2 vs standard
    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 5:57–7:29
    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 5:53 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 6 converter (standard 11) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 6)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 5:51 · typical 5:50
    3. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    4. TzarTzardone 6:43 · typical 6:30
  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%) · Radar Tower (32%) · fury (32%) · tiger (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 2 wind · 6 converter

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

    The example game in this phase · 88 steps
    1. Twin GuardTwin Guard ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. SalamanderSalamander
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:59
    5. SalamanderSalamander
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. SalamanderSalamander ×2
    8. Energy storage ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×8
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Wind
    13. QuakerQuakerdone 9:54
    14. Wind
    15. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    16. QuakerQuaker
    17. Con turret
    18. QuakerQuaker
    19. Con turret
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Wind
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. Wind
    31. Wind
    32. Wind
    33. Wind
    34. Wind
    35. Wind
    36. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:06
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind
    40. Wind
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Wind
    43. Wind
    44. Wind
    45. Wind
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. LazarusLazarus
    49. Wind
    50. PrudePrudedone 14:31
    51. Wind
    52. Wind
    53. LazarusLazarus
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Wind
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind
    63. Wind
    64. SalamanderSalamander
    65. Wind
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. SalamanderSalamander
    73. Wind
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. SalamanderSalamander
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. Construction BotCon bot
    85. Con turret
    86. Wind
    87. Wind
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Syphos's (43 OS, 14/08/2026); 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 2:44 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 9:31 · in 68% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:01 · 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
2:009098620000
3:00147115020000
4:00264726640000
5:00408137550000
6:00615456900000
7:00750479780000
8:0097291104722501290
9:00124531408118204313093
10:0014812169443525406197259
11:00170841981148551299876715
12:0018226226765624253618471639
13:0020227255596550434118472635
14:0020986284967619587224704362
15:0022778316558225796926436326
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

Syphos

43.0 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

59 received units · includes a constructor
1310 metal received · 53336 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 1:05–1:18 · n=18
Geothermal Powerplant3:50Middle 50%: 3:15–4:04 · n=19
Vehicle Plant4:31Middle 50%: 3:51–5:00 · n=19
Advanced Vehicle Plant5:50Middle 50%: 5:07–7:40 · n=19
Tzar6:30Middle 50%: 5:57–7:29 · n=16

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