Phoenix into Robo
Detected if Stargate is the FIRST tech building (before Robo AND Twilight), 1+ real (non-hallucinated) Phoenix is on the field by 7:00, AND a Robotics Facility is up by 8:00 -- a Stargate-first Phoenix opener that transitions into Robo tech. The Stargate-first ordering keeps Robo-first openers that ADD a midgame Stargate + real Phoenix off this label (those fall through to Robo First, since the OPENER was Robo). A Sentry's hallucinated Phoenix does NOT trigger this build.
61.5% win rate over 52 ladder games since patch 5.0.16
n = 52 games from 3 players · Stats updated Sep 28, 2026
Across 52 PvT ladder games from 3 players since patch 5.0.16, Phoenix into Robo wins 61.5% of decided games. The likely range for its true win rate is 48.0–73.5%, so it is too close to call against a coin flip. It appears in 12.8% of the 408 PvT games in the guide sample. This guide is newly published, so there is no weekly trend yet. This is still a small sample (n = 52), so treat it as a directional read.
Key timings
These timings come from 52 recorded build orders by 3 players. Buildings are timed when construction starts, upgrades and morphs when they finish, exactly as the replay records them. The median player starts Forge at 7:50, with the middle half between 7:00 and 8:29. Timing data is still thin (n = 52 replays), so expect these medians to move.
| Milestone | Early (p25) | Median | Late (p75) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pylon startedin 52 games | 0:33 | 0:33 | 0:35 |
| Gateway startedin 52 games | 0:54 | 0:55 | 0:56 |
| 2nd Nexus startedin 52 games | 1:34 | 1:36 | 1:39 |
| Assimilator startedin 52 games | 1:39 | 1:41 | 1:43 |
| Cybernetics Core startedin 52 games | 1:50 | 1:51 | 1:52 |
| Stargate startedin 52 games | 3:18 | 3:30 | 3:53 |
| Robotics Facility startedin 52 games | 4:00 | 4:13 | 4:27 |
| Warpgate donein 51 games | 4:23 | 5:02 | 5:14 |
| Robotics Bay startedin 47 games | 5:16 | 5:35 | 5:54 |
| 3rd Nexus startedin 48 games | 5:55 | 6:21 | 6:32 |
| Forge startedin 37 games | 7:00 | 7:50 | 8:29 |
Army at 6, 8 and 10 minutes
At 6:00
Median count when present · 51 replays
Phoenix×3in 94% of games
Stalker×2in 90% of games
At 8:00
Median count when present · 47 replays
- Stalker×3in 91% of games
- Phoenix×4in 89% of games
Colossus×1.5in 81% of games
Zealot×3in 79% of games
Immortal×2in 77% of games
Sentry×1in 66% of games
At 10:00
Median count when present · 34 replays
- Stalker×3in 91% of games
- Colossus×2in 88% of games
Common macro leaks
Average macro score 81.6 over 52 games from 3 players.
- Supply Blockedin 98.1% of games51 of 52
- Chrono Efficiencyin 78.8% of games41 of 52
- Mineral Floatin 67.3% of games35 of 52