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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 481 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 46% of 506 · 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 481 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 ~1:38, middle half 1:24–1:59

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

    By 1:20 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind ×2
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:24 · typical 1:38
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor6Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind−4 vs standard
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal+2 vs standard
    Builders
    • Construction Ship2 Con ship +2 vs standard
    Army
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Dolphin2 Dolphin +2 vs standard
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Harpoon (41%) · con turret (37%) · Sentry (37%) · frigate (36%) · submarine (35%)

    The standard build makes here, this one skips: 3 con hovercraft · 7 seeker

    By 5:00 in all: 9 mex · 4 wind (standard 10) · 3 tidal (standard 0)

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Wind
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Mex
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Mex ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin ×3
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:23 · typical 4:50
    17. Con turret
  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 (44%) · tidal (39%) · con turret (38%) · converter (38%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 16 wind (standard 24) · 5 tidal (standard 0) · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 73 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    4. Wind
    5. Tidal
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Wind
    8. Tidal
    9. Wind ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Converter
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. Converter
    24. Mex
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Converter
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Converter
    29. HarpoonHarpoon
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Construction Turret
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. SkaterSkater ×2
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. Tidal
    40. EllysawFrigate
    41. Tidal
    42. CorsairDestroyer
    43. Tidal
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:02 · typical 10:01
    45. Tidal
    46. EllysawFrigate
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Wind
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Tidal
    51. Wind
    52. Tidal
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Tidal
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Metal storage
    58. DolphinDolphin ×2
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    63. EllysawFrigate ×2
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. EllysawFrigate ×2
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Pit BullPit Bull
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Twin GuardTwin Guard

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (44 OS, 16/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:45 · in 77% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:57 · in 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:15 · in 40% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 63% 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 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

506 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475142
5:003734255125
6:005157572300
7:0067181143591
8:00831216791039
9:001001825171678
10:001185336082426
11:001418846143270
12:001693754834014
13:001973364784893
14:002238873135822
15:002531983736721
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

HotDawg

43.7 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
25 metal received · 48289 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:38Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=505
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:53 · n=485
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=437

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