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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Solar
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Wind ×2
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:48 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex ×2
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind ×2
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:01 · typical 4:46
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Naval Construction Turret
    17. 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 (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 · 64 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Converter
    3. EllysawFrigate
    4. Naval Energy Converter
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. Mex
    7. Tidal ×2
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Tidal
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Tidal
    12. Converter
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Converter
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Tidal
    18. Converter ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Tidal
    21. Converter
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Tidal
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Naval Construction Turret
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Tidal
    29. Mexfor Geo
    30. Tidal
    31. EllysawFrigate
    32. Tidal
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Tidal
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. DolphinDolphin ×2
    38. Tidal
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. Tidal
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Tidal
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Tidal
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Tidal
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    48. Mex
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:13 · typical 10:04
    50. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. EllysawFrigate ×2
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. DolphinDolphin ×5
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Harryplotter's (38 OS, 13/08/2026); 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

Harryplotter

37.8 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
102 metal received · 84931 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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