Geo / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Fast experimental gantry

Geo abandons the standard T2-supply role entirely to rush an Experimental Gantry from 8:22, fielding Marauder and Razorback experimentals well ahead of the role's norm, a radical departure that wins every recorded game.

#t3 #push · 5 distinct matches · 3 players · 0% of Armada Geo games · team won 5 of 5 · Recently observed

THE CATCH, AND WHAT COMES WITH IT

Experimental Gantry from 8:22 · 0% of role by thenOnly 0% of Geo games have it by then; others who build it get it around 13:12
Marauder in 100%0% of all Geo games by then
Razorback in 80%0% of all Geo games by then
Vehicle Plant in 40%17% of all Geo games by then
Vanguard in 40%1% of all Geo games by then

Then transitions into Marauder (42% of army), Razorback (29% of army), Vanguard (9% of army).

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Experimental Gantry by 8:22

0:03Open standard mex and wind, drop a Bot Lab first.
by 3:51Get Geothermal Powerplant up before scaling further.
by 7:03Upgrade to Advanced Geothermal Powerplant for the energy spike.
by 8:22Skip T2 army and rush an Experimental Gantry directly.
10:07+Field Marauder and Razorback experimentals, add Vanguard artillery as it lands.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 5 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD GEO

10:00
21:06
34:15
48:22

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 1:06
Economy
- 3Mex
- 4Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~1:06after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:22, middle half 1:06–1:32
Some games also: energy storage (40%)
By 1:06 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 3 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:40Wind ×4
3. 1:06Bot Labdone 1:22 · typical 1:22
2
Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant
1:06 – 4:15
Economy
- 1Mex
- 8Wind+7 vs standard
- 5Converter
Order
1. Geo ~3:22after 4 mex, 7 wind, 2 con turret
2. Vehicle Plant ~4:15after 4 mex, 15 wind, 5 con turretdone ~4:20, middle half 4:18–5:32
Builders
- 4 Con turret
- 4 Lazarus
- 2 Con bot
- 2 Con bot for allies
Some games also: Lazarus for allies (40%)
By 4:15 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind (standard 5) · 1 geo · 5 converter · 1 energy storage · 4 con turret
The example game in this phase · 37 steps
1. 1:23Lazarus ×2
2. 1:31Wind ×2
3. 1:46Con bot
4. 1:47Wind ×3
5. 2:09Sentry
6. 2:10Lazarus
7. 2:12Pawn
8. 2:19Con turret
9. 2:23Pawn ×2
10. 2:38Lazarusfor Beach sea
11. 2:44Con turret
12. 2:55Wind
13. 2:58Con botfor Beach sea
14. 3:02Wind
15. 3:09Mex
16. 3:12Converter
17. 3:15Con bot
18. 3:24Converter
19. 3:25Lazarus
20. 3:34Con turret
21. 3:44Lazarus
22. 3:49Geodone 4:47 · typical 3:51
23. 4:04Con turret
24. 4:27Converter
25. 4:49Energy storage
26. 4:50Converter
27. 4:55Energy storage
28. 4:58Converter ×2
29. 5:06Con turret
30. 5:09Converter ×2
31. 5:15T2 mex ×2done 5:31 · typical 5:31
32. 5:34Converter
33. 5:46Wind ×4
34. 5:55T2 mex
35. 6:24Con turret
36. 6:27T2 mex
37. 6:32Vehicle Plantdone 6:44 · typical 4:20
3
Vehicle Plant to Experimental Gantry
4:15 – 8:22
Economy
- 10Converter
Order
1. Advanced Geothermal Powerplant ~5:46after 14 wind, 12 converter, 6 con turret
2. Experimental Gantry ~8:22after 15 wind, 19 converter, 8 con turretdone ~9:57, middle half 7:55–10:16
Builders
- 2 Con turret −2 vs standard
Some games also: con vehicle (40%) · Advanced Vehicle Plant (40%) · energy storage (40%) · wind (40%)
The standard build makes here, this one skips: 6 wind
By 8:22 in all: 4 mex · 15 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 19 converter (standard 13) · 2 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 16 steps
1. 6:44Con vehicle
2. 6:53Advanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:32 · typical 7:03
3. 7:09Advanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:20
4. 7:34Converter
5. 7:36Con turret
6. 8:07Converter ×2
7. 8:20Bulldone 8:35
8. 8:22Converter ×3
9. 8:38T2 con vehicle
10. 8:39Converter ×2
11. 8:47Ambassadornot finished by 15:00
12. 8:49Converter
13. 8:49Shredderdone 9:13
14. 8:50Converter
15. 8:52Con turret
16. 8:53Experimental Gantrydone 10:16 · typical 9:57
4
Experimental Gantry to 10:00
8:22 – 10:00
Economy
- 1Converter
Builders
- 1 Con turret
Some games also: Beamer (40%) · Marauder for allies (40%) · wind (40%) · Marauder (40%)
The standard build makes here, this one skips: 4 wind
By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 33 wind (standard 19) · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 20 converter · 2 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 121 steps
1. 8:54Converter
2. 8:58Con turret
3. 9:06Converter ×3
4. 10:07Mex
5. 10:19Wind ×10
6. 10:51Razorbackdone 11:31 · typical 11:31
7. 10:53Wind ×2
8. 11:32Marauderdone 11:44 · typical 11:44
9. 11:32Wind
10. 11:45Marauder
11. 11:46Wind
12. 11:56Metal storage
13. 12:02Marauder
14. 12:04Wind
15. 12:08Metal storage
16. 12:20Vehicle Plantdone 12:46
17. 12:24Wind
18. 12:31Marauder
19. 12:45Wind
20. 12:50Vehicle Plantdone 13:03
21. 12:58Blitz ×2
22. 13:04Vehicle Plantdone 13:18
23. 13:06Wind
24. 13:07Blitz
25. 13:18Scout
26. 13:19Blitz ×2
27. 13:22Scout
28. 13:22Con turret
29. 13:24Blitz
30. 13:25Scout
31. 13:27Blitz
32. 13:28Wind
33. 13:28Scout
34. 13:30Blitz
35. 13:31Con turret
36. 13:31Scout
37. 13:31Blitz ×2
38. 13:34Scout
39. 13:37Blitz
40. 13:37Scout
41. 13:38Blitz
42. 13:39Wind
43. 13:39Scout
44. 13:40Blitz
45. 13:40Scout
46. 13:41Blitz
47. 13:42Scout
48. 13:42Blitz
49. 13:45Wind
50. 13:45Blitz
51. 13:45Scout
52. 13:46Blitz
53. 13:47Scout
54. 13:48Blitz
55. 13:48Wind
56. 13:49Scout
57. 13:49Blitz
58. 13:51Scout
59. 13:51Blitz ×2
60. 13:53Scout
61. 13:55Blitz ×2
62. 13:55Scout
63. 13:57Blitz
64. 13:57Scout
65. 13:59Blitz
66. 13:59Scout
67. 14:00Blitz ×2
68. 14:01Scout
69. 14:03Blitz
70. 14:03Scout
71. 14:04Blitz
72. 14:05Scout
73. 14:06Blitz ×2
74. 14:07Scout
75. 14:09Blitz
76. 14:09Scout
77. 14:10Blitz ×2
78. 14:11Scout
79. 14:13Blitz ×2
80. 14:14Scout ×2
81. 14:16Blitz ×2
82. 14:18Scout
83. 14:19Blitz ×2
84. 14:20Scout
85. 14:21Blitz
86. 14:22Scout
87. 14:23Blitz ×2
88. 14:24Scout
89. 14:26Blitz
90. 14:26Scout
91. 14:27Blitz
92. 14:28Scout
93. 14:28Blitz ×2
94. 14:30Scout
95. 14:32Blitz
96. 14:32Scout
97. 14:32Blitz ×2
98. 14:35Scout
99. 14:35Blitz ×2
100. 14:37Scout
101. 14:38Blitz
102. 14:39Scout
103. 14:40Blitz ×2
104. 14:41Scout
105. 14:43Blitz
106. 14:43Scout
107. 14:44Blitz ×2
108. 14:45Scout
109. 14:47Blitz
110. 14:47Scout
111. 14:49Blitz
112. 14:49Scout
113. 14:49Blitz ×2
114. 14:52Scout
115. 14:52Blitz
116. 14:54Scout
117. 14:54Blitz ×2
118. 14:56Scout
119. 14:58Blitz
120. 14:58Scout
121. 14:58Blitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (43 OS, 02/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Con bot to Beach sea or Pond or Geo seafirst at 2:25 · in 100% of games
1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:58 · in 40% of games
9 Marauder to Techfirst at 8:43 · in 40% of games

You get

1–2 Tidal from Pondfirst at 1:20 · in 40% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:35 · in 100% of games
24–25 Wind from Techfirst at 7:41 · in 40% of games
2 Con turret from Techfirst at 7:41 · in 40% of games
4 T2 mex from Techfirst at 7:41 · in 40% of games
1–2 Con bot from Tech or Pondfirst at 7:41 · in 40% 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

05k10k15k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

5 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Metal produced: Standard geo	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: Standard geo	Own metal lost: This build	Own metal lost: Standard geo
1:00	382	333	0	0	0	0
2:00	918	825	0	0	0	0
3:00	1472	1523	0	0	0	0
4:00	2827	2700	0	0	0	0
5:00	4249	3726	0	0	0	0
6:00	5742	5729	0	0	0	0
7:00	8346	8130	0	0	0	0
8:00	12288	11459	0	0	0	21
9:00	16514	14489	0	51	0	130
10:00	21471	17405	0	565	0	280
11:00	25291	20377	42	2074	130	790
12:00	27934	23305	1991	3940	780	1940
13:00	31039	26062	7009	5961	780	3304
14:00	34040	28988	7009	8321	780	4785
15:00	36788	31497	8392	10172	781	6196

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Won by far the most of the three builds against the standard build, with much higher metal production and far fewer own losses.

+ Own metal lost only 921 by 15:00 vs 6281 standard.
+ Metal production reached 21471 by 10:00 vs 17376 standard.

− Enemy metal destroyed by 15:00 was lower at 7009 vs 9875 standard.
− No T2 army at all before 10:00, leaving no T2 kills recorded by then.

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[crd]sisa

43.4 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
859 metal received · 83812 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:22Middle 50%: 1:06–1:32 · n=5

Geothermal Powerplant3:51Middle 50%: 3:28–4:10 · n=5

Vehicle Plant4:20Middle 50%: 4:18–5:32 · n=3

Advanced Metal Extractor5:31Middle 50%: 5:08–5:38 · n=5

Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:03Middle 50%: 6:32–7:06 · n=5

Experimental Gantry9:57Middle 50%: 7:55–10:16 · n=5

Razorback11:31Middle 50%: 11:12–11:49 · n=3

Marauder11:44Middle 50%: 8:11–12:18 · n=5

Played most by

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Beyond All Reason test-31177-b64aa4e
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Fast experimental gantry

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Vehicle Plant

Vehicle Plant to Experimental Gantry

Experimental Gantry to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

[crd]sisa

Typical milestones

Played most by

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