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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 1:24 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    5. Windfor Air
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Windfor Air
    8. Mex
    9. Mex ×2
    10. Tidal
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Tidal
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Con turret
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Tidal
    22. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:12 · typical 4:46
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Wind ×2
    25. AnemoneAnemone
    26. Wind
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 109 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind
    4. AnemoneAnemonefor Geo sea
    5. Wind
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Wind ×3
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Converter
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Converter
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Converter
    16. DolphinDolphin ×2
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Construction ShipCon ship
    22. Wind ×2
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. HarpoonHarpoon
    26. Wind
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. Wind ×2
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Naval Metal Storage
    31. Wind
    32. DolphinDolphin ×2
    33. Wind
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Wind
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Mex
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Naval Construction Turret
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. Energy storage
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. BeholderBeholder
    46. Converter
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. HarpoonHarpoon
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Converter
    51. BeholderBeholder
    52. HarpoonHarpoon
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. BeholderBeholder
    56. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 10:16
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Wind ×2
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. SeekerSeeker
    61. Wind
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. SeekerSeeker
    64. Converter
    65. SeekerSeeker
    66. PossumPossum
    67. Wind
    68. PossumPossum ×2
    69. Wind
    70. SweeperSweeper
    71. Wind
    72. SweeperSweeper
    73. Wind
    74. SweeperSweeper
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Converter
    84. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:44
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. SweeperSweeper
    88. Wind
    89. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    90. BeholderBeholder
    91. Wind
    92. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    93. BeholderBeholder
    94. Tidal ×2
    95. SeekerSeeker
    96. Tidal
    97. SeekerSeeker
    98. Tidal
    99. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    100. Tidal
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:50 · typical 10:04
    102. Tidal ×2
    103. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    104. Tidal ×2
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:32
    107. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is hihimik's (36 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

hihimik

36.1 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
53 metal received · 19727 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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