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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 (96%)

#naval #eco · 551 distinct matches · 88 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 579 · 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 551 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 ~1:40, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:22 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Tidal
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:23 · typical 1:40
  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 +2 vs standard
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (41%) · con turret (38%) · Sentry (37%) · frigate (35%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 29 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Tidalfor Air
    5. Tidal
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Mex
    10. EelSubmarinedone 3:25
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. EelSubmarine
    18. Wind ×3
    19. Mex
    20. Wind ×3
    21. EelSubmarine
    22. Energy storage
    23. Mex
    24. Converter
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Converter ×2
    27. EelSubmarine
    28. Converter
    29. 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 +2 vs standard
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Radar Tower (49%) · con ship (48%) · frigate (43%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (36%)

    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 · 100 steps
    1. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. Wind
    3. EelSubmarine
    4. SentrySentry
    5. BeamerBeamer
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:19 · typical 4:52
    7. Mex
    8. Metal storage
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Naval Construction Turret
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Naval Construction Turret
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Con turret
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. SentrySentry
    29. BeamerBeamer
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:12 · typical 10:03
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Construction ShipCon ship
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Con turret
    35. Construction ShipCon ship
    36. Metal storage
    37. Naval Construction Turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:43
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Naval Construction Turret
    43. Wind
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Wind
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. AnemoneAnemone
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. Wind
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind
    68. AnemoneAnemone
    69. Naval Construction Turret
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Wind ×3
    73. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    74. Wind
    75. NettleNettle
    76. Wind
    77. VoyagerVoyager
    78. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    79. Wind ×4
    80. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:44
    81. Wind
    82. NettleNettle
    83. Wind
    84. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    85. VoyagerVoyager
    86. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    87. Wind ×4
    88. NettleNettle
    89. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    90. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    93. Wind ×2
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Wind ×8
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    99. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    100. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (37 OS, 09/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:11 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:17 · in 64% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:25 · in 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:11 · in 89% 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

579 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158700
4:0025395151
5:003731255130
6:005148570326
7:0067021146610
8:00829316711066
9:00995825021711
10:001182236202463
11:001417946363270
12:001681354904053
13:001955364804930
14:002231973295917
15:002529183706711
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

yeskinkot

37.1 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
854 metal received · 37875 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=578
Corsair4:52Middle 50%: 4:16–5:53 · n=550
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:13–10:55 · n=494

Played most by

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