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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 · 871 distinct matches · 146 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 50% of 939 · 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 871 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:26 · typical 1:44
  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 (31%)

    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 · 20 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Tidal ×2
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Tidal
    7. Mex
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex ×2
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:06 · typical 4:59
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Con turret
    15. Mex
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. Mex
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Mex
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
  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 (45%) · 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 · 88 steps
    1. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Wind
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Wind
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. Wind
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Wind
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 10:04
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Converter
    39. DolphinDolphin ×3
    40. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    43. Converter
    44. EllysawFrigate
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. SkaterSkater ×2
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Converter
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. Construction ShipCon ship
    51. Mex
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Construction ShipCon ship
    55. Converter
    56. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:39
    59. Mex
    60. Converter
    61. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    62. Tidal ×5
    63. Converter
    64. Tidal ×4
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. Tidal ×3
    68. Converter
    69. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    72. Converter
    73. VoyagerVoyager
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. VoyagerVoyager
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. Naval Fusion ReactorNaval Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:09
    82. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    83. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    87. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    88. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (46 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 2:11 · 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 2:27 · 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

939 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158100
4:0025205151
5:003703240150
6:005100564358
7:0065891095695
8:00815016621160
9:00976924391820
10:001162133652570
11:001367542843350
12:001604350944166
13:001846558634946
14:002124865525917
15:002389374626695
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

Erilium

45.9 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
42 metal received · 21146 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=935
Corsair4:59Middle 50%: 4:20–5:56 · n=887
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=787

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