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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 (96%)

#naval #eco · 551 distinct matches · 88 players · 72% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 579 · 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 551 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 ~1:40, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (44%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 1:22 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:29 · typical 1:40
  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
    • Skater2 Skater +2 vs standard
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (41%) · con turret (38%) · Sentry (37%) · frigate (35%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 26 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    2. Mex
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Mex
    12. Tidal ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Tidal
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
  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 +2 vs standard
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Radar Tower (49%) · con ship (48%) · frigate (43%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 23) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]Acquati's (36 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 2:11 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:17 · in 64% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:25 · in 70% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:11 · in 89% 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

579 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158700
4:0025395151
5:003731255130
6:005148570326
7:0067021146610
8:00829316711066
9:00995825021711
10:001182236202463
11:001417946363270
12:001681354904053
13:001955364804930
14:002231973295917
15:002529183706711
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

[Crd]Acquati

36.4 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
2859 metal received · 23119 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=578
Corsair4:52Middle 50%: 4:16–5:53 · n=550
Advanced Metal Extractor10:03Middle 50%: 9:13–10:55 · n=494

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