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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first sea play: shipyard right away, a destroyer by around 5 minutes, then an Advanced Metal Extractor as the eco scales up, with later ships like corvette, frigate and submarine filling out the fleet; this is the role's baseline…

Usually shipyard first (93%)

#naval #eco · 882 distinct matches · 148 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 50% of 950 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:40, first destroyer by 4:52

  1. Open 3 mex into tidal generators for early energy.
  2. Rush Shipyard straight from the opening eco.
  3. Keep adding mex and naval energy converters to fund the fleet.
  4. Get your first destroyer out to contest the sea.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scales.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 882 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−4 vs standard
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~1:44, middle half 1:27–2:01

    Some games also: tidal (38%) · energy storage (35%)

    By 1:27 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×3for Air
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Energy storage
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. NettleNettle
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:26 · typical 1:44
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−3 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 (43%) · con turret (35%) · submarine (33%) · frigate (33%) · Sentry (31%)

    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 · 12 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. EelSubmarinedone 2:52
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Con turret
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex ×2
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Mex ×2
    12. 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 (48%) · frigate (46%) · Radar Tower (42%) · tidal (40%) · con turret (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 23) · 4 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 110 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×4
    2. SentrySentry
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Con turret
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. SentrySentry
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. NettleNettle
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:37 · typical 10:04
    19. Wind ×7
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Wind ×4
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. EelSubmarine
    26. Wind ×3
    27. HarpoonHarpoon
    28. Wind ×2
    29. EelSubmarine
    30. Wind ×4
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Wind ×4
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Naval Construction Turret
    36. Wind ×3
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Naval Construction Turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind ×2
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind ×6
    45. EelSubmarine
    46. Wind ×2
    47. EelSubmarine
    48. Wind ×5
    49. EelSubmarine
    50. Wind ×6
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Con turret
    54. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 11:24
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Con turret
    57. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:35
    58. SeekerSeeker ×3
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. SeekerSeeker
    61. SweeperSweeper
    62. BeaverBeaver
    63. SweeperSweeper
    64. BeaverBeaver
    65. SweeperSweeper
    66. SeekerSeeker ×2
    67. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    68. SeekerSeeker
    69. Wind
    70. SeekerSeeker
    71. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    72. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    73. Wind ×3
    74. SeekerSeeker
    75. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind
    79. SeekerSeeker
    80. Wind ×3
    81. SeekerSeeker
    82. Wind ×2
    83. SeekerSeeker
    84. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    85. Wind ×3
    86. SeekerSeeker
    87. Wind ×3
    88. SeekerSeeker
    89. Wind
    90. Pit BullPit Bull
    91. Wind
    92. SeekerSeeker ×4
    93. Pit BullPit Bull
    94. Con turret
    95. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    96. Wind ×2
    97. SeekerSeeker
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Con turret
    100. SeekerSeeker
    101. Wind ×2
    102. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:36
    103. Wind
    104. SeekerSeeker
    105. Wind
    106. SeekerSeeker
    107. Wind
    108. SeekerSeeker
    109. Wind
    110. SeekerSeeker ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KolyaSalo's (32 OS, 06/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:42 · in 79% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:58 · in 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:11 · in 53% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:19 · in 39% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:26 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:11 · in 88% 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

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

950 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158000
4:0025205151
5:003704241150
6:005100563355
7:0065881095691
8:00815216561138
9:00977424311809
10:001162133252565
11:001369042663340
12:001604950664130
13:001847658564941
14:002125265425913
15:002391173996700
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This baseline wins less than half its games, trading sea kills for losses at a similar rate to the enemy through 15 minutes.

  • + Metal production outpaces enemy destruction early, 3733 vs 255 at 5:00.
  • + Kills and losses track closely by 15:00 (8342 vs 6711), an even fight.
  • − Team wins under half of games (47%).
  • − T2 factory reached in only 34% of games, the lowest tech rate among sea roles.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

KolyaSalo

31.7 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
935 metal received · 54532 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:44Middle 50%: 1:27–2:01 · n=946
Corsair4:59Middle 50%: 4:20–5:55 · n=897
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=798

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