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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 · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Wind ×3for Air
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:09 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind ×2
    20. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:21 · typical 4:59
    21. Wind ×5
  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 · 119 steps
    1. Wind
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. SentrySentry ×3
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Wind ×4
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 8:28
    29. Wind ×5
    30. SeekerSeeker
    31. PossumPossum
    32. Wind ×2
    33. HarpoonHarpoon
    34. Wind
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. Construction ShipCon ship
    37. Wind
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. CrocodileCrocodile
    40. Wind
    41. Construction ShipCon ship
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Wind
    44. Mex
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Wind
    47. CrocodileCrocodile
    48. Wind
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Wind ×2
    51. CrocodileCrocodile
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Mex
    54. Wind
    55. CrocodileCrocodile
    56. Wind
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Wind
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Wind
    62. CrocodileCrocodile
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. SentrySentry
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    70. Wind
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Wind
    74. CrocodileCrocodile
    75. HarpoonHarpoon
    76. Wind
    77. CorsairDestroyer
    78. Wind
    79. Naval Hovercraft PlatformEat Naval Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    80. Wind
    81. CorsairDestroyer
    82. Wind
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Wind
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin ×2
    88. Wind
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Wind
    91. DolphinDolphin ×2
    92. Wind
    93. DolphinDolphin ×3
    94. Wind
    95. DolphinDolphin ×2
    96. Wind
    97. DolphinDolphin
    98. Tidal
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Naval Energy Converter
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. Naval Energy Converter
    104. DolphinDolphin
    105. Naval Energy Converter
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. Naval Energy Converter
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Naval Energy Converter
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Naval Energy Converter
    113. Wind
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. Naval Energy Converter
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. SentrySentry
    118. Naval Energy Converter
    119. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ObeIix's (30 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:42 · 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

ObeIix

30.4 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
283 metal received · 51165 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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