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Beach sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard beach sea

Commander goes straight to sea to build a shipyard around 1:40, gets an early destroyer by 4:46 and follows up with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 10:00, the role's usual economy-first sea presence and vision play.

Usually shipyard first (96%)

#naval #eco · 430 distinct matches · 75 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 453 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:46

  1. Take 3 mex, then send com straight to sea to build shipyard.
  2. Finish shipyard, start pumping an early destroyer to contest sea.
  3. Get first destroyer out to fight for sea entry or scout island.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to fix the natural resource gap.
  5. Push T2 constructor if resources allow, keep contesting sea control.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 430 GAMES · AGAINST STANDARD BEACH SEA
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 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 Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Windfor allies+2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine1Wind−3 vs standard
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~1:40, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (43%) · energy storage (34%)

    By 1:22 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:24 · typical 1:40
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−4 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Ship2 Con ship +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin +3 vs standard
    • Skater2 Skater +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (38%) · con turret (37%) · Sentry (36%) · submarine (32%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 con hovercraft · 7 seeker

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 4 wind (standard 10) · 3 tidal (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Tidal
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Tidal
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind ×2for Air
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Windfor Air
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:19 · typical 4:46
    14. Con turret
    15. Mex ×3
    16. Wind
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex−2 vs standard
    • Wind Turbine11Wind
    Builders
    • Naval Construction Turret1 Naval Construction Turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Harpoon1 Harpoon
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: con ship (46%) · frigate (45%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (39%) · converter (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 15 wind (standard 23) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 102 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Energy storage
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. Converter
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Converter
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. Mex
    9. Converter
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. Converter
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Mex
    16. Tidal
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. Naval Construction Turret
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:15 · typical 10:04
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. AnemoneAnemone
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Construction Turret
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Wind
    32. HarpoonHarpoon
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Tidal
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Tidal
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Tidal ×2
    40. Mex
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Tidal
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Tidal
    45. HarpoonHarpoon
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. BeholderBeholder ×2
    48. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    49. Naval Energy Converter
    50. Construction ShipCon ship
    51. Tidal
    52. BeholderBeholder
    53. Naval Energy Converter
    54. Construction ShipCon ship
    55. Tidal
    56. Naval Energy Converter
    57. Tidal
    58. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:02
    61. Tidal
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    64. Tidal
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Tidal
    67. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    68. Tidal ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    71. Tidal ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Tidal
    74. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    75. Con turret
    76. VoyagerVoyager
    77. Con turret
    78. Tidal
    79. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:08
    80. VoyagerVoyager
    81. Con turret
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    84. Construction ShipCon ship
    85. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    86. Tidal ×2
    87. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    88. Construction ShipCon ship
    89. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:57
    90. Tidal ×2
    91. BeamerBeamer
    92. Tidal ×2
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    96. Tidal
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Tidal ×2
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. SabreSabre
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. SabreSabre

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheSituation's (48 OS, 16/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:44 · in 78% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:08 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 66% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:24 · in 71% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:10 · in 90% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
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

453 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158100
4:0025405150
5:003724251125
6:005148564300
7:0067191146596
8:00830616751089
9:00997024941726
10:001180236202438
11:001410545713269
12:001682853843986
13:001957963124936
14:002221870685841
15:002522082146711
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This build loses more often than it wins and trails behind on economy, taking heavier losses than kills by 15:00.

  • + Destroys 7891 enemy metal by 15:00 through consistent sea fighting.
  • + Reaches shipyard fast (1:46) to contest sea entry early.
  • − Loses 6587 own metal by 15:00, nearly matching what it destroys.
  • − T2 factory only appears in 35% of games, falling behind economically.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

TheSituation

48.4 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1052 metal received · 21825 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:40Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=452
Corsair4:46Middle 50%: 4:13–5:48 · n=434
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:14–10:57 · n=392

Played most by

Hummell49games of this buildyeskinkot48games of this buildTheSituation45games of this buildhaaven31games of this buildImmort28games of this build