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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 · 871 distinct matches · 146 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 50% of 939 · 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 871 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 · 8 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:46 · 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. Tidal
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 2:38 · typical 4:59
    3. Tidal
    4. SkaterSkater ×2
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Mex
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin ×3
    12. Mex
  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. DolphinDolphin ×4
    2. Con turret
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Construction ShipCon ship
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Con turret
    18. DolphinDolphin ×4
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind ×2
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:31 · typical 10:04
    24. Wind
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Wind ×2
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Wind
    33. Wind ×5
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Mex
    41. Wind ×4
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Mex
    48. Wind ×3
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Mex
    52. Wind ×4
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind ×7
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. DolphinDolphin
    59. Wind ×4
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. Wind
    66. Converter
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Construction ShipCon ship
    79. Wind
    80. DolphinDolphin
    81. Wind
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Con turret
    84. Wind
    85. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    86. Wind ×2
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    89. Wind ×2
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. Wind
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. Wind
    94. DolphinDolphin ×2
    95. Wind
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Wind
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Wind ×2
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Wind
    105. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dread29's (32 OS, 12/08/2026); 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

939 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
7:0065891095695
8:00815016621160
9:00976924391820
10:001162133652570
11:001367542843350
12:001604350944166
13:001846558634946
14:002124865525917
15:002389374626695
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

Dread29

32.0 OS · 12/08/2026

Open source match ↗

29 received units · includes a constructor
1368 metal received · 4523 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=935
Corsair4:59Middle 50%: 4:20–5:56 · n=887
Advanced Metal Extractor10:04Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=787

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