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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Solarfor Air
    4. Wind ×4for Air
    5. Energy storagefor Air
  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. ShipyardShipyardfor Airdone 2:02 · typical 1:40
    2. Tidalfor Air
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Tidalfor Air
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Tidalfor Air
    7. Mexfor Air
    8. Tidal
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Mexfor Air
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mexfor Air
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Mex
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. Con turretfor Air
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. DolphinDolphin ×2
    21. Mex
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Air
    27. 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 (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 · 79 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerfor Airdone 6:02 · typical 4:46
    2. Mex
    3. Con turretfor Air
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Wind ×2for Air
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Windfor Air
    8. Converterfor Air
    9. HarpoonHarpoonfor Geo sea
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Windfor Air
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind ×2for Air
    14. Converterfor Air
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Windfor Air
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Wind ×2for Air
    20. HarpoonHarpoon
    21. Windfor Air
    22. Converterfor Air
    23. Wind ×2for Air
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Windfor Air
    26. Converterfor Air
    27. CorsairDestroyerfor Air
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Wind ×4for Air
    31. AnemoneAnemone
    32. Wind ×6for Air
    33. Converterfor Air
    34. CorsairDestroyerfor Air
    35. Wind ×4for Air
    36. Converterfor Air
    37. Windfor Air
    38. Converterfor Air
    39. Windfor Air
    40. Converterfor Air
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Airdone 10:21 · typical 10:04
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Windfor Air
    45. Converterfor Air
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Windfor Air
    48. Converterfor Air
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Windfor Air
    52. DolphinDolphin ×2
    53. Windfor Air
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Wind ×2for Air
    56. Converterfor Air
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    58. Con turretfor Air
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Con turretfor Air
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Air
    63. Con turretfor Air
    64. Metal storagefor Air
    65. Con turretfor Air
    66. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Air
    67. Con turret ×2for Air
    68. Windfor Air
    69. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Air
    70. Windfor Air
    71. Grim ReaperGrim Reaperfor Air
    72. Wind ×2for Air
    73. Construction ShipCon shipfor Air
    74. Wind ×3for Air
    75. Converterfor Air
    76. Windfor Air
    77. DolphinDolphinfor Air
    78. Windfor Air
    79. Naval Construction Turretfor Air

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (43 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:44 · 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

_X_

43.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
196 metal received · 14882 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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