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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 1:21 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Tidal
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Tidalfor Air
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Mex
    9. EelSubmarine ×2done 3:09
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. EelSubmarine
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. EelSubmarine
  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 · 113 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SentrySentry
    5. EelSubmarine
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Naval Construction Turret
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Tidal
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Tidal
    14. NettleNettle
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Tidal
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Naval Construction Turret
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Naval Energy Converter
    21. NettleNettle ×2
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Naval Construction Turret
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Converter ×3
    33. CorsairDestroyerdone 8:56 · typical 4:50
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Wind
    38. Energy storage
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. Wind ×5
    41. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Wind
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Converter
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    59. Converter
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:12 · typical 10:01
    69. Wind
    70. EllysawFrigate ×2
    71. Wind ×2
    72. EllysawFrigate
    73. Mex
    74. Wind ×2
    75. EllysawFrigate
    76. Wind ×3
    77. EllysawFrigate
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. Wind ×2
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Wind
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. Wind
    86. SkaterSkater ×2
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. SkaterSkater ×2
    90. Wind
    91. SkaterSkater ×2
    92. Mex
    93. Wind
    94. SkaterSkater ×2
    95. Wind
    96. SkaterSkater ×2
    97. Wind
    98. SkaterSkater ×2
    99. Wind
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. EllysawFrigate
    102. Wind
    103. EllysawFrigate
    104. Wind
    105. EllysawFrigate
    106. Wind
    107. EllysawFrigate
    108. Wind
    109. EllysawFrigate
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    112. Construction ShipCon ship
    113. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot'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 1:57 · 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

37.2 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
158 metal received · 29231 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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