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Beach sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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. Wind
    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 · 27 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Tidalfor Air
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. EelSubmarinedone 2:59
    10. Mex ×2
    11. EelSubmarine
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Wind ×2
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Mex
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Mex
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter
    25. EelSubmarine
    26. Converter
    27. Mex
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Wind
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:48 · typical 4:50
    13. Wind ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Naval Construction Turret
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Energy storage
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Con turret
    29. NettleNettle
    30. Wind
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind
    35. NettleNettle
    36. EllysawFrigate
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Wind ×3
    41. NettleNettle
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Wind ×6
    47. CorsairDestroyer
    48. Wind ×2
    49. BeholderBeholder
    50. Wind ×2
    51. BeholderBeholder
    52. Wind ×5
    53. BeholderBeholder
    54. Wind ×11
    55. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Wind ×4
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Wind ×6
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:23 · typical 10:01
    62. Wind ×18
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Wind ×2
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Wind
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. Wind ×2
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Wind ×2
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind
    74. AnemoneAnemone
    75. Wind ×3
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind ×9
    78. HarpoonHarpoon
    79. Wind ×4
    80. HarpoonHarpoon
    81. Wind ×2
    82. CorsairDestroyer
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Construction ShipCon ship
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Naval Construction Turret
    90. Wind ×5
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Wind
    93. AnemoneAnemone
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Wind
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:23
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    104. Wind ×3
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Wind
    107. HavenHaven
    108. Wind ×2
    109. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Naval Construction Turret
    112. Wind
    113. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 14:35
    114. Naval Construction Turret
    115. LongbowMissile cruiser

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (37 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

yeskinkot

36.8 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
469 metal received · 28632 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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