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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 · 473 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 498 · 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 473 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 ~1:38, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:20 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. SentrySentry
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:36 · typical 1:38
  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%) · 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 · 21 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Tidal
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Tidal
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Mex
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex
    13. EllysawFrigate
    14. Mex ×2
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Construction ShipCon ship
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Tidal
    20. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:15 · typical 4:50
    21. Tidal
  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%) · 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 · 76 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    3. EllysawFrigate
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Con turret
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Wind
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Naval Construction Turret
    13. Wind
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:10 · typical 10:01
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Mex
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Wind ×4
    27. GuardGuard
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind ×2
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Wind
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. GuardGuard
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. EllysawFrigate
    37. Con turret
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. HarpoonHarpoon
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. GuardGuard
    45. Mex
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. GuardGuard
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. ThistleThistle
    50. EllysawFrigate
    51. CorsairDestroyer
    52. Construction ShipCon ship
    53. Mex
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Geo sea
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:15
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Mex
    64. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. VoyagerVoyager
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:27
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. PaladinCruiserdone 14:53
    71. SkaterSkater
    72. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    73. EllysawFrigate
    74. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    75. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    76. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Exerior's (38 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

498 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
6:005165573300
7:0067251146594
8:00832616791039
9:001003325171675
10:001190636322420
11:001422646863244
12:001697755334006
13:001978965074913
14:002245773775879
15:002536685126734
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

RAM_Exerior

38.4 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1528 metal received · 18926 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:38Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=497
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:52 · n=477
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=432

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