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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Tidal
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:23 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Tidal
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. EelSubmarinedone 3:22
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. EelSubmarine
    23. Wind
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Naval Energy Converter
    27. EelSubmarine ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. EelSubmarine
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. SentrySentry
  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 · 110 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:53 · typical 4:50
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry ×2
    4. Wind
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Naval Energy Converter
    10. Naval Construction Turret
    11. Wind
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Naval Energy Converter
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Naval Energy Converter
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Wind
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Wind
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Wind
    33. HarpoonHarpoon
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Wind
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. DolphinDolphin ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. DolphinDolphin ×2
    49. Wind
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Wind
    52. Tidal
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Tidal
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. BeholderBeholder
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Tidal
    61. Wind
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Wind
    64. Tidal
    65. DolphinDolphin ×2
    66. Wind
    67. Tidal
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Tidal
    72. Construction ShipCon ship
    73. Wind
    74. Mex
    75. Tidal
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Wind
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Wind
    82. Tidal
    83. Wind
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. Wind
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Tidal
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Wind
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. Tidal
    92. Mex
    93. Wind
    94. DolphinDolphin ×2
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. Construction ShipCon ship
    98. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    99. Wind
    100. DolphinDolphin ×2
    101. Wind
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    104. Wind
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Construction ShipCon ship
    107. Wind
    108. CorsairDestroyer
    109. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    110. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GeeGee's (38 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

GeeGee

37.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
3741 metal received · 15424 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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