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Beach sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 475 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 500 · 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 475 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 ~1:39, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Tidal
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:24 · typical 1:39
  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 (42%) · 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 · 30 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Tidal
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Tidal
    14. Con turret
    15. EelSubmarinedone 3:41
    16. Mex ×2
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. Tidal
    19. EelSubmarine
    20. Mex
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Mex
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Tidal
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. EelSubmarine
    28. Wind
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Wind
  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 (47%) · 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 · 102 steps
    1. EelSubmarine
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. Wind
    4. EelSubmarine
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:48 · typical 4:50
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Naval Energy Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Naval Energy Converter
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Construction Turret
    16. Wind ×3
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Wind ×2
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Con turret
    25. Naval Construction Turret
    26. DolphinDolphin ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Wind ×2
    39. DolphinDolphin ×2
    40. Wind
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Wind ×2
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind
    47. AnemoneAnemone
    48. Wind ×2
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:29 · typical 10:01
    51. Mex
    52. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 10:47
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Naval Energy Converter
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Mex
    59. Naval Energy Converter
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. PossumPossum
    62. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:26
    63. Naval Energy Converter
    64. PossumPossum
    65. Naval Energy Converter
    66. BeholderBeholder
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    69. BeholderBeholder
    70. Tidal
    71. PossumPossum
    72. Tidal
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. BeholderBeholder
    75. PossumPossum
    76. Tidal
    77. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Tidal
    80. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    81. Tidal
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Tidal
    84. VoyagerVoyager
    85. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:48
    86. Tidal
    87. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    88. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    89. Tidal
    90. HarpoonHarpoon
    91. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    92. Naval Construction Turret
    93. Tidal
    94. Naval Construction Turret
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    96. Naval Construction Turret
    97. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    98. Naval Construction Turret
    99. HarpoonHarpoon
    100. Naval Construction Turret
    101. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    102. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is GeeGee's (38 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:15 · in 41% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:24 · in 70% 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

500 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475120
5:003733255125
6:005159572300
7:0067231146591
8:00832516791037
9:001003025021675
10:001188936262420
11:001422046723244
12:001697355254006
13:001977265004904
14:002242873625822
15:002536684836721
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

GeeGee

37.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
401 metal received · 25548 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:39Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=499
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:52 · n=479
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=434

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