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 · 5 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:37Wind ×4
3. 1:02Energy storage
4. 1:09Wind ×3
5. 1:39Bot Labdone 1:55 · 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 · 10 steps
1. 1:56Lazarus ×2
2. 2:10Con bot ×2for Beach sea
3. 2:28Con bot
4. 2:44Lazarus
5. 2:44Mex
6. 2:44Con turret ×2
7. 3:21Geodone 3:51 · typical 3:51
8. 3:22Con turret ×2
9. 3:38Mexfor Beach sea
10. 4:02Vehicle Plantdone 4:16 · 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 · 13 steps
1. 4:05Con turret ×2
2. 4:39Converter ×4
3. 4:54T2 mexdone 5:08 · typical 5:31
4. 4:56Converter
5. 4:59T2 mex
6. 5:04Converter ×3
7. 5:18T2 mex
8. 5:29Converter
9. 5:46Advanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:32 · typical 7:03
10. 5:47Converter
11. 6:08T2 mex
12. 6:23Con turret ×2
13. 6:41Experimental Gantrydone 7:55 · 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 · 55 steps
1. 6:46Con turret ×4
2. 7:25Radar Tower
3. 7:38Beamer
4. 7:56Marauderfor Techdone 8:11 · typical 11:44
5. 8:02Beamer
6. 8:12Wind
7. 8:12Marauderfor Tech
8. 8:13Converter
9. 8:16Wind
10. 8:17Beamer
11. 8:20Wind
12. 8:20Converter ×2
13. 8:21Marauderfor Tech
14. 8:24Wind
15. 8:26Converter
16. 8:28Wind
17. 8:31Marauderfor Tech
18. 8:32Wind
19. 8:33Converter
20. 8:36Wind
21. 8:37Sneaky Pete
22. 8:40Converter
23. 8:40Marauderfor Tech
24. 8:42Wind ×3
25. 8:51Marauderfor Tech
26. 8:53Dragon's Teeth
27. 8:54Converter
28. 8:55Wind
29. 8:56Dragon's Teeth
30. 8:59Wind
31. 9:00Dragon's Teeth
32. 9:00Marauder
33. 9:03Dragon's Teeth
34. 9:03Wind ×2
35. 9:07Dragon's Teeth
36. 9:08Wind ×2
37. 9:10Marauder
38. 9:10Dragon's Teeth ×2
39. 9:12Wind ×2
40. 9:14Dragon's Teeth ×2
41. 9:16Wind ×2
42. 9:18Dragon's Teeth
43. 9:20Marauder
44. 9:20Dragon's Teeth
45. 9:21Wind
46. 9:21Converter
47. 9:21Wind
48. 9:22Dragon's Teeth ×2
49. 9:25Wind ×2
50. 9:27Dragon's Teeth ×2
51. 9:29Wind
52. 9:29Marauder
53. 9:30Wind
54. 9:30Converter
55. 9:31Dragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FCRD]Tragedy's (36 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

[FCRD]Tragedy

35.9 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

50 received units · includes a constructor
9472 metal received · 86199 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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Supporting games

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armjanus11/09/2026 · 43 OS↗[crd]sisa03/09/2026 · 43 OS↗[crd]sisa02/09/2026 · 43 OS↗[FCRD]Tragedy17/08/2026 · 36 OS↗[FCRD]Tragedy15/08/2026 · 36 OS↗Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-30971-cc1a982
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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

[FCRD]Tragedy

Typical milestones

Played most by

Supporting games