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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 · 20 distinct matches · 12 players · 5% of Cortex Geo games · team won 65% of 20 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT
  • TzarT2 vehicle assault from 6:05 · 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
  • Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant in 85%12% of all Geo games by then
  • OmenRadar vehicle in 80%9% of all Geo games by then
  • Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant in 70%14% of all Geo games by then
  • TigerTiger in 50%10% of all Geo games by then

Started with Tzar (75%), Tiger (25%).

Where those units first fight, in 20 games with kill data: in the middle 90%, on their own side 10%.

Those units destroy a typical 5,009 metal of enemy units by 15:00.

Then transitions into tiger (29% 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 20 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 7:06 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 0:52 · typical 1:08
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−2 vs standard
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 7 wind, 1 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 3 converterdone ~4:34, middle half 3:53–6:24
    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 (45%)

    By 4:15 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Solar
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Wind ×3
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Wind
    6. GraverobberGraverobber
    7. GruntGrunt ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    9. GruntGrunt ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    14. Mexfor Beach sea
    15. GraverobberGraverobber
    16. Mexfor Beach sea
    17. Energy storage
    18. Mexfor Beach sea
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:00 · typical 3:37
    20. Energy storage
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:31 · typical 4:34
  3. 3

    Vehicle Plant to T2 vehicle assault

    Economy
    • Energy Converter6Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 4 mex, 7 wind, 5 converter
    2. TzarT2 vehicle assault after 4 mex, 7 wind, 7 converterdone ~6:30, middle half 5:52–7:31
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (35%)

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

    By 6:01 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 7 converter (standard 12) · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret (standard 6)

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 5:50 · typical 5:53
    5. Converter ×4
    6. QuakerQuaker ×3done 6:00
    7. TzarTzardone 7:35 · typical 6:30
  4. 4

    T2 vehicle assault to 10:00

    Army
    • Obscurer1 Jammer
    • Omen1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: wind (50%) · con turret (50%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (45%) · tiger (35%) · fury (30%)

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

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

    The example game in this phase · 148 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:03 · typical 5:52
    2. ObscurerJammer
    3. OmenRadar vehicle
    4. FuryFurydone 8:16 · typical 9:28
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. SalamanderSalamander
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:37
    10. Wind
    11. SalamanderSalamander
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. SalamanderSalamander
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. SalamanderSalamander
    18. Wind
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Wind ×2
    21. SalamanderSalamander
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Con turret
    24. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 10:56
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. SalamanderSalamander
    28. Solar ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Solar
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. Wind ×3
    34. GruntGrunt
    35. NegotiatorNegotiatordone 11:08
    36. Wind
    37. GruntGrunt
    38. Wind ×2
    39. GruntGrunt
    40. NegotiatorNegotiator
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    46. Wind
    47. NegotiatorNegotiator
    48. GruntGrunt
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. Converter
    51. GruntGrunt
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. ObscurerJammer
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. OmenRadar vehicle
    59. GruntGrunt
    60. Wind
    61. GruntGrunt
    62. QuakerQuaker
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. GruntGrunt
    67. Wind
    68. QuakerQuaker
    69. GruntGrunt
    70. Wind
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. QuakerQuaker
    73. Wind
    74. GruntGrunt ×2
    75. QuakerQuaker
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. GruntGrunt
    80. QuakerQuaker
    81. GruntGrunt
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. EradicatorEradicator
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. GruntGrunt ×2
    88. Wind
    89. QuakerQuaker
    90. GraverobberGraverobber
    91. Converter
    92. GraverobberGraverobber
    93. Wind
    94. EradicatorEradicator
    95. Wind
    96. QuakerQuaker
    97. GraverobberGraverobber
    98. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    99. Wind
    100. Con turret
    101. Wind
    102. Con turret
    103. QuakerQuaker
    104. Wind
    105. Con turret
    106. GraverobberGraverobber
    107. FuryFury
    108. GraverobberGraverobber
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. FuryFury
    112. Wind
    113. GruntGrunt
    114. Converter
    115. Wind
    116. GruntGrunt
    117. Wind
    118. QuakerQuaker
    119. GruntGrunt
    120. Wind
    121. GruntGrunt
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. QuakerQuaker
    125. GruntGrunt ×2
    126. Wind ×2
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. QuakerQuaker
    129. GruntGrunt
    130. Wind ×2
    131. TigerTigernot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:53
    132. GruntGrunt
    133. Wind
    134. BanisherBanisherdone 14:41
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. GruntGrunt
    139. Wind
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Wind
    142. GruntGrunt
    143. BanisherBanisher
    144. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind ×2
    148. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 24/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Graverobber1 Graverobber to Beach seafirst at 2:21 · in 45% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach sea or Geo seafirst at 2:39 · in 60% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Front or Suicide front or Pondfirst at 9:30 · in 75% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 5:11 · in 50% 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

20 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
1:003823360000
2:008898660000
3:00146614990000
4:00268826630000
5:00407437580000
6:00606956810000
7:00751679940000
8:00999811039670220
9:00127231408112683113086
10:0015644169262689332155259
11:00176031981147191252768715
12:0020360226765750249114911531
13:0020782255596753426118472635
14:0022861285037922594024994360
15:0024628316558335796927936290
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

Immort

54.3 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
7813 metal received · 187677 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=19
Geothermal Powerplant3:37Middle 50%: 3:16–4:00 · n=20
Vehicle Plant4:34Middle 50%: 3:53–6:24 · n=20
Advanced Metal Extractor5:52Middle 50%: 5:42–6:11 · n=10
Advanced Vehicle Plant5:53Middle 50%: 5:07–7:47 · n=20
Tzar6:30Middle 50%: 5:52–7:31 · n=15
Fury9:28Middle 50%: 7:40–10:33 · n=10
Tiger9:53Middle 50%: 9:38–10:50 · n=11

Played most by

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