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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. Wind
    3. Tidal
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:22 · 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. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Tidalfor Air
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. EelSubmarinedone 2:55
    9. Mex
    10. EelSubmarine
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. EelSubmarine
    18. Wind ×5
    19. Mex
    20. Energy storage
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. Wind
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. Wind
    10. Wind
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. Wind
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Wind
    26. Wind
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Wind
    29. Wind
    30. Wind
    31. Wind
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. Wind
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. Wind
    37. Wind
    38. Wind
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Converter
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. Converter
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Converter
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Con turret
    53. Converter
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformnot finished by 15:00
    57. DolphinDolphin ×2
    58. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 8:47
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Wind
    62. PossumPossum
    63. Wind
    64. PossumPossum
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. PossumPossum
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind
    69. PossumPossum ×2
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Wind ×3
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind
    77. CorsairDestroyerdone 10:41 · typical 4:50
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Converter
    82. DolphinDolphin ×2
    83. Converter
    84. DolphinDolphin ×2
    85. Converter
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:31 · typical 10:01
    89. Converter
    90. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    91. Converter
    92. DolphinDolphin
    93. Converter
    94. CorsairDestroyer
    95. Converter
    96. CorsairDestroyer
    97. Converter
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    100. Metal storage
    101. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. EllysawFrigate ×3
    104. Wind
    105. EllysawFrigate
    106. Wind
    107. EllysawFrigate
    108. Wind
    109. EllysawFrigate
    110. Wind
    111. EllysawFrigate
    112. Wind ×2
    113. EllysawFrigate
    114. Wind
    115. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (37 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

yeskinkot

37.1 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
75 metal received · 42980 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

Played most by

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