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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 481 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 46% of 506 · 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 481 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 ~1:38, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:20 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Wind ×3for Air
    4. Energy storage
    5. Tidal
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:57 · typical 1:38
  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 (41%) · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    3. SkaterSkater ×2
    4. Mex
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 3:37 · typical 4:50
    6. Mex ×3
    7. SentrySentry
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Wind
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Mex
    17. Converter
    18. Mex
    19. SentrySentry
    20. 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 (46%) · 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 · 95 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Mex
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Wind
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Wind ×5
    12. BeholderBeholder
    13. Wind ×2
    14. BeholderBeholder
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Naval Construction Turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. BeholderBeholder
    19. Wind
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Wind ×5
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Wind
    24. BeholderBeholder
    25. Wind
    26. Naval Construction Turret
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 8:28
    29. Wind ×11
    30. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    31. Wind ×7
    32. VoyagerVoyager
    33. Wind ×2
    34. VoyagerVoyager
    35. Wind
    36. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 9:39
    37. Wind ×2
    38. VoyagerVoyager
    39. Wind ×2
    40. VoyagerVoyager
    41. BeholderBeholder
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. HavenHaven
    45. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    46. Wind ×5
    47. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    48. Wind
    49. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    50. Wind
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:20 · typical 10:01
    52. Wind
    53. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 11:32
    54. Wind ×3
    55. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 12:27
    56. Wind
    57. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. VoyagerVoyager
    61. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. PlatypusPlatypus
    66. VoyagerVoyager
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    69. VoyagerVoyager
    70. PlatypusPlatypus
    71. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:17
    72. PlatypusPlatypus
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. PlatypusPlatypus
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. PlatypusPlatypus
    77. HarpoonHarpoon
    78. Wind
    79. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    80. Wind
    81. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    82. Wind
    83. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    84. Wind
    85. PlatypusPlatypus
    86. HavenHaven
    87. Wind
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Wind
    90. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind
    95. PlatypusPlatypus ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_WetRat's (40 OS, 11/08/2026); 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 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:15 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% 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 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

506 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475142
5:003734255125
6:005157572300
7:0067181143591
8:00831216791039
9:001001825171678
10:001185336082426
11:001418846143270
12:001693754834014
13:001973364784893
14:002238873135822
15:002531983736721
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

RAM_WetRat

39.6 OS · 11/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
132 metal received · 50893 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:38Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=505
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:53 · n=485
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=437

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