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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 (96%)

#naval #eco · 551 distinct matches · 88 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 579 · 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 551 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 ~1:40, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:22 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:30 · typical 1:40
  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
    • Skater2 Skater +2 vs standard
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (41%) · con turret (38%) · Sentry (37%) · frigate (35%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 19 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Mex
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Mex
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Mex
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. Mex
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    15. Mex
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:47 · typical 4:52
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Energy storage
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
  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 +2 vs standard
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Radar Tower (49%) · con ship (48%) · frigate (43%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 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. SkaterSkater
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Mex
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. Mex
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. SentrySentry ×2
    14. SkaterSkater ×3
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:59 · typical 10:03
    16. Construction ShipCon ship
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    18. SentrySentry ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. EllysawFrigate ×2
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Mex ×2
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Naval Metal Storage
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. Tidal
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Tidal ×2
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Tidal
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Naval Energy Storage
    37. Naval Construction Turret
    38. Tidal ×2
    39. HarpoonHarpoon
    40. Tidal ×2
    41. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    42. Tidal ×2
    43. Construction ShipCon ship
    44. HarpoonHarpoon
    45. Tidal ×2
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Tidal ×2
    48. BeholderBeholder ×2
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Tidal
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Tidal
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Tidal
    57. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    58. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    59. Tidal
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. Tidal ×3
    62. Construction ShipCon ship
    63. CauteriserCauteriser
    64. Tidal ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (45 OS, 06/10/2026); 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 2:11 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:17 · in 64% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:25 · in 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:11 · 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

579 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158700
4:0025395151
5:003731255130
6:005148570326
7:0067021146610
8:00829316711066
9:00995825021711
10:001182236202463
11:001417946363270
12:001681354904053
13:001955364804930
14:002231973295917
15:002529183706711
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

DRM

45.1 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1209 metal received · 61583 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=578
Corsair4:52Middle 50%: 4:16–5:53 · n=550
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:13–10:55 · n=494

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