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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 · 430 distinct matches · 75 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 453 · 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 430 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 ~1:40, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (43%) · energy storage (34%)

    By 1:22 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:25 · typical 1:40
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−4 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 (42%) · frigate (38%) · con turret (37%) · Sentry (36%) · submarine (32%)

    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 · 25 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Tidal
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Tidal
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind ×2for Air
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Windfor Air
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Mex
    15. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 4:46
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Mex
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. DolphinDolphin ×2
    21. Mex
    22. SkaterSkater ×2
    23. Wind ×2
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Wind ×3
  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 (46%) · frigate (45%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (39%) · converter (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 15 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. Wind ×3
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. HarpoonHarpoon
    10. EelSubmarinedone 6:49
    11. Con turret
    12. EelSubmarine
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind ×2
    16. EelSubmarine
    17. Wind ×4
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Wind ×3
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Metal storage
    23. Energy storage
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:17 · typical 10:04
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 9:54
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Construction Turret
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Wind ×3
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind
    40. Tidal
    41. SeekerSeeker
    42. Tidal
    43. Wind
    44. SeekerSeeker
    45. Tidal
    46. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:00
    47. SeekerSeeker
    48. Tidal
    49. Wind ×2
    50. SeekerSeeker
    51. Tidal
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SeekerSeeker
    54. Tidal
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Mex
    57. SeekerSeeker
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind
    61. SeekerSeeker
    62. Tidal
    63. SeekerSeeker
    64. Wind
    65. SeekerSeeker
    66. Mex
    67. Wind ×3
    68. HarpoonHarpoon
    69. SeekerSeeker ×2
    70. HarpoonHarpoon
    71. Wind ×2
    72. HarpoonHarpoon
    73. SeekerSeeker
    74. Wind ×4
    75. HarpoonHarpoon
    76. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    77. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    78. Wind ×6
    79. HarpoonHarpoon
    80. BarracudaAssault submarinedone 12:43
    81. Wind ×8
    82. BarracudaAssault submarine
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Mex
    85. Wind
    86. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    87. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:45
    88. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    89. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 14:20
    90. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    91. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    92. Converter
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. Converter
    95. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:38
    96. Converter ×2
    97. HarpoonHarpoon
    98. MaelstromMaelstrom
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    100. Converter ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (56 OS, 22/09/2026); 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 2:08 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 66% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:24 · in 71% 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

453 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158100
4:0025405150
5:003724251125
6:005148564300
7:0067191146596
8:00830616751089
9:00997024941726
10:001180236202438
11:001410545713269
12:001682853843986
13:001957963124936
14:002221870685841
15:002522082146711
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

Immort

55.5 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
985 metal received · 30751 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=452
Corsair4:46Middle 50%: 4:13–5:48 · n=434
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:14–10:57 · n=392

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