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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 · 872 distinct matches · 147 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 50% of 940 · 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 872 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:24 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Windfor Air
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Windfor Air
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. Wind ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:16 · typical 4:59
    16. Mex ×4
    17. Naval Construction Turret
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. SentrySentry
    23. EllysawFrigate
    24. 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 (48%) · frigate (45%) · 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 · 105 steps
    1. Wind ×4
    2. Tidal
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Wind
    7. Tidal
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Tidal
    10. Wind ×2
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. Tidal
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Tidal
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Tidal
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind
    22. Tidal
    23. Wind ×7
    24. Naval Construction Turret
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Naval Energy Converter
    27. Wind
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Naval Energy Converter
    30. Wind ×4
    31. EllysawFrigate
    32. Naval Energy Converter
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:06 · typical 10:04
    35. Wind ×3
    36. Naval Energy Converter
    37. Wind
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. Naval Energy Converter
    40. Wind
    41. Naval Energy Converter
    42. Wind
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Naval Energy Converter
    46. Wind
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Wind
    49. Naval Energy Converter
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Naval Construction Turret
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Naval Construction Turret
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Wind ×2
    58. DolphinDolphin
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. Wind
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. Wind
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter ×2
    69. HarpoonHarpoon
    70. Converter
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. HarpoonHarpoon
    73. Converter ×2
    74. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:29
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Converter
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Converter ×3
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Converter
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. VoyagerVoyager
    86. DolphinDolphin ×2
    87. VoyagerVoyager
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. VoyagerVoyager
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:28
    92. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:50
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. Naval Construction Turret
    95. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    96. Con turret
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. SkaterSkater
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    102. Con turret
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00
    105. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is whitetiger2819's (31 OS, 23/09/2026); 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 2:27 · 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

940 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158100
4:0025205151
5:003703240150
6:005100564358
7:0065881096693
8:00815116621158
9:00977024371819
10:001162133532565
11:001368342793346
12:001604450924158
13:001847058614941
14:002124965475913
15:002390174486663
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

whitetiger2819

31.2 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
159 metal received · 29288 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=936
Corsair4:59Middle 50%: 4:20–5:56 · n=888
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=788

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