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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 · 475 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 500 · 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 475 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 ~1:39, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (44%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:25 · typical 1:39
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor6Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−4 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Ship2 Con ship +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · con turret (37%) · Sentry (37%) · frigate (36%) · submarine (35%)

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

    By 5:00 in all: 9 mex · 4 wind (standard 10) · 3 tidal (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Tidal
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Tidal ×2
    8. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    9. Mex ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:16 · typical 4:50
    11. Mex ×4
    12. Naval Energy Converter
    13. Mex
    14. Naval Energy Converter
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. EllysawFrigate ×2
  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 (47%) · frigate (44%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (38%) · converter (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 24) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 99 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. NettleNettle
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Wind
    7. Naval Construction Turret
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Tidal ×2
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Tidal
    13. Wind
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Tidal
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. Tidal
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:37 · typical 10:01
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Naval Energy Converter
    22. Wind
    23. EllysawFrigate
    24. Naval Construction Turret
    25. Wind
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Wind
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater ×2
    34. Wind
    35. SkaterSkater ×2
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. Tidal
    40. EllysawFrigate
    41. Tidal
    42. Con turret
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Tidal
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Tidal
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Tidal
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Tidal
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Wind
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Wind
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. Wind
    61. EllysawFrigate
    62. Wind
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Wind
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Wind
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind
    72. EllysawFrigate
    73. Wind
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. Wind
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:11
    82. EllysawFrigate
    83. Wind ×2
    84. CorsairDestroyer
    85. Wind
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    90. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    91. Construction ShipCon ship
    92. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 14:03
    93. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    94. HavenHaven
    95. Construction ShipCon ship ×4
    96. HavenHaven
    97. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    98. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    99. Construction ShipCon ship ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (57 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:45 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:57 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:15 · in 41% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:24 · in 70% 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

500 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475120
5:003733255125
6:005159572300
7:0067231146591
8:00832516791037
9:001003025021675
10:001188936262420
11:001422046723244
12:001697355254006
13:001977265004904
14:002242873625822
15:002536684836721
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

Immort

56.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

11 received units · includes a constructor
20 metal received · 15252 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:39Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=499
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:52 · n=479
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=434

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