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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds shipyard first and moves into destroyers, aiming to contest enemy sea entry or grab early vision while building up economy with an advanced metal extractor.

Usually shipyard first (95%)

#naval #eco · 502 distinct matches · 80 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 527 · 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 502 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−4 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 5)

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Windfor Air
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind ×2
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:45 · typical 1:39
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−3 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 (41%) · con turret (37%) · Sentry (36%) · frigate (36%) · submarine (35%)

    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 · 19 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Tidal ×3
    3. EelSubmarinedone 2:37
    4. Tidal
    5. Mex
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. SkaterSkater ×2
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin ×3
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. SkaterSkater ×2
    19. EllysawFrigate
  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 (43%) · tidal (39%) · converter (37%) · con turret (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 23) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 51 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:05 · typical 4:52
    3. Converter
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Converter
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Converter
    11. EllysawFrigate ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    14. Wind
    15. EllysawFrigate ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:00 · typical 10:01
    17. Wind
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. EllysawFrigate
    25. Wind
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. Wind
    28. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind ×2
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. EllysawFrigate ×2
    35. Wind
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Wind
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Construction ShipCon ship
    43. Wind
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Wind
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Con turret
    50. EllysawFrigate ×2
    51. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:44 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:17 · in 62% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:25 · 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

527 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158900
4:0025495150
5:003734254125
6:005155568300
7:0067101143610
8:00831016761037
9:001001325021656
10:001191535962419
11:001423145493242
12:001693053984012
13:001975864574885
14:002245072605761
15:002539683656721
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

[Grump]Matsuri

39.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
554 metal received · 36648 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=526
Corsair4:52Middle 50%: 4:15–5:53 · n=505
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=457

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