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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first sea play: shipyard right away, a destroyer by around 5 minutes, then an Advanced Metal Extractor as the eco scales up, with later ships like corvette, frigate and submarine filling out the fleet; this is the role's baseline…

Usually shipyard first (93%)

#naval #eco · 878 distinct matches · 148 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 50% of 946 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:40, first destroyer by 4:52

  1. Open 3 mex into tidal generators for early energy.
  2. Rush Shipyard straight from the opening eco.
  3. Keep adding mex and naval energy converters to fund the fleet.
  4. Get your first destroyer out to contest the sea.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scales.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 878 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 ~1:44, middle half 1:27–2:01

    Some games also: tidal (38%) · energy storage (35%)

    By 1:27 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Air
    3. SentrySentryfor Tech
    4. Energy storagefor Tech
  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
    • 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 (43%) · con turret (35%) · submarine (33%) · frigate (33%) · Sentry (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 · 23 steps
    1. Tidalfor Tech
    2. ShipyardShipyardfor Techdone 2:01 · typical 1:44
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Construction ShipCon ship ×2for Tech
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Mexfor Tech
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Mex ×2for Tech
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mexfor Tech
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:16 · typical 4:58
    13. Mexfor Tech
    14. Wind ×2for Tech
    15. HarpoonHarpoonfor Tech
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Windfor Tech
    18. Mex ×2for Tech
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Windfor Tech
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Tech
    22. SentrySentry
    23. 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 (48%) · frigate (46%) · Radar Tower (42%) · tidal (40%) · con turret (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 23) · 4 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 89 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Con turretfor Tech
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Construction ShipCon shipfor Tech
    5. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Tech
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Towerfor Tech
    8. AnemoneAnemonefor Tech
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. HarpoonHarpoonfor Tech
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. SentrySentryfor Tech
    14. HarpoonHarpoonfor Tech
    15. DolphinDolphin ×3
    16. SkaterSkater ×2
    17. HarpoonHarpoonfor Tech
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Tech
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Naval Construction Turretfor Tech
    22. Windfor Tech
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Windfor Tech
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Windfor Tech
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Windfor Tech
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    31. Windfor Tech
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantfor Techdone 8:53
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Tech
    37. Con turret ×2for Tech
    38. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Techdone 10:40 · typical 10:04
    40. ShurikenShuriken
    41. Tidalfor Tech
    42. Windfor Tech
    43. ShurikenShuriken
    44. Tidalfor Tech
    45. FinchFinch
    46. Windfor Tech
    47. Tidal ×2for Tech
    48. ShurikenShuriken
    49. Windfor Tech
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Tidalfor Tech
    52. ShurikenShuriken
    53. Windfor Tech
    54. Con turretfor Tech
    55. ShurikenShuriken
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Tidalfor Tech
    58. Windfor Tech
    59. ShurikenShuriken
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Windfor Tech
    62. Tidalfor Tech
    63. ShurikenShuriken
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    65. Windfor Tech
    66. ShurikenShuriken ×2
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Tidalfor Tech
    69. Wind ×2for Tech
    70. ShurikenShuriken
    71. Tidalfor Tech
    72. Windfor Tech
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Converterfor Tech
    75. ShurikenShuriken
    76. Tidalfor Tech
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Tech
    78. Windfor Tech
    79. ShurikenShurikenfor Tech
    80. Windfor Tech
    81. Converterfor Tech
    82. SkaterSkaterfor Tech
    83. Windfor Tech
    84. ShurikenShurikenfor Tech
    85. Converterfor Tech
    86. Naval Construction Turretfor Tech
    87. Wind ×3for Tech
    88. SkaterSkaterfor Tech
    89. ShurikenShurikenfor Tech

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Bestoloch's (30 OS, 04/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:42 · in 79% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:58 · in 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:12 · in 53% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:19 · in 39% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:26 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:11 · in 88% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

946 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158000
4:0025205151
5:003704241150
6:005098564355
7:0065861095686
8:00815116561138
9:00977424311809
10:001162233252565
11:001369242663335
12:001604950664101
13:001847858564936
14:002126365425892
15:002391973986663
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This baseline wins less than half its games, trading sea kills for losses at a similar rate to the enemy through 15 minutes.

  • + Metal production outpaces enemy destruction early, 3733 vs 255 at 5:00.
  • + Kills and losses track closely by 15:00 (8342 vs 6711), an even fight.
  • − Team wins under half of games (47%).
  • − T2 factory reached in only 34% of games, the lowest tech rate among sea roles.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Bestoloch

30.5 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
7 metal received · 76626 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:44Middle 50%: 1:27–2:01 · n=942
Corsair4:58Middle 50%: 4:20–5:56 · n=893
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=794

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