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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 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:28 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Windfor Air
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Tidal
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Tidal
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Mex
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mex
    13. Converter
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Mex
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Con turret
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:45 · typical 4:46
    22. Tidal
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Mex ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Wind
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Wind
    29. 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 (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 · 107 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Wind
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. NettleNettle
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Energy storagefor Pond
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Wind
    17. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. HarpoonHarpoon
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    27. Wind
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Converter ×2
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Converter
    38. Mex
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:07 · typical 10:04
    40. Mex
    41. Converter
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Converter
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Converter
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Converter
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Tidal
    53. Converter
    54. CorsairDestroyer
    55. Tidal ×2
    56. Naval Construction Turret
    57. Tidal
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Tidal
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. Tidal ×2
    62. HarpoonHarpoon
    63. Tidal ×3
    64. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    65. Tidal ×2
    66. HarpoonHarpoon
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Tidal
    69. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    70. Tidal ×2
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Tidal ×3
    73. ShipyardShipyard ×2done 12:13
    74. Tidal
    75. EelSubmarine ×2done 12:30
    76. Tidal
    77. EelSubmarine ×2
    78. Tidal ×2
    79. EllysawFrigate
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. EllysawFrigate
    82. Tidal
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Tidal
    86. EllysawFrigate
    87. Tidal
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Tidal ×2
    90. Naval Energy Storage
    91. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. Tidal ×3
    94. EelSubmarine
    95. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    96. HarpoonHarpoon
    97. Naval Energy Storage
    98. Tidal
    99. EelSubmarine ×2
    100. Tidal ×2
    101. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    102. EllysawFrigate
    103. Tidal
    104. EelSubmarine
    105. Tidal
    106. HarpoonHarpoon
    107. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (35 OS, 28/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

35.5 OS · 28/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
54 metal received · 19541 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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