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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 · 455 distinct matches · 77 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 46% of 478 · 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 455 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 (43%) · 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. Wind ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:28 · 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 (41%) · con turret (37%) · frigate (37%) · Sentry (36%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 21 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Tidal ×2
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind ×2
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Tidal
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Converter
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex ×2
    13. EelSubmarinedone 3:49
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:36 · typical 4:49
    17. Mex ×2
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. 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%) · converter (38%) · con turret (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 · 114 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyer
    2. Mex
    3. HarpoonHarpoon
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. SentrySentry
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. SentrySentry
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Wind
    13. Construction ShipCon ship
    14. Wind ×2
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. HarpoonHarpoon
    17. Wind ×3
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. Mex
    20. HarpoonHarpoon
    21. SentrySentry
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SentrySentry
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. SentrySentry
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Tidal ×2
    31. SentrySentry
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Tidal
    34. Mex
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. Tidal
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. SentrySentry
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. SentrySentry ×2
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:03 · typical 10:02
    48. Construction ShipCon ship
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. Construction ShipCon ship
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Naval Construction Turret
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Tidal
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. HarpoonHarpoon
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind
    67. Tidal
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Wind
    70. Tidal
    71. Wind ×3
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind
    74. Construction ShipCon ship
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    77. Wind
    78. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    79. CorsairDestroyer
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Tidal
    82. Wind
    83. Tidal ×2
    84. Wind
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. Tidal ×2
    87. Wind
    88. Tidal
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Wind
    91. Tidal ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. Tidal
    98. SkaterSkater
    99. Wind
    100. Tidal ×2
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Wind
    103. Tidal
    104. HarpoonHarpoon
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. Wind
    107. Tidal
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Wind
    110. SkaterSkater
    111. Tidal
    112. Wind
    113. SkaterSkater
    114. HarpoonHarpoon

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EXZoPrimer3's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 1:56 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · 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 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

478 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158300
4:0025445147
5:003731255125
6:005156572298
7:0067231146591
8:00831916761039
9:001002524981656
10:001188936262396
11:001418846533207
12:001693754713948
13:001977264724879
14:002240373395782
15:002531983686703
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

EXZoPrimer3

36.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
153 metal received · 12447 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=477
Corsair4:49Middle 50%: 4:15–5:50 · n=459
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:13–10:57 · n=414

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