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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. SentrySentry
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:39 · typical 1:38
  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
    • 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 · 23 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Wind
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:04 · typical 4:50
    14. Wind
    15. Mex ×2
    16. HarpoonHarpoon
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Mex
    19. DolphinDolphin ×2
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Wind
  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 (40%) · 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 · 66 steps
    1. Wind
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Converter
    15. DolphinDolphin ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:32 · typical 10:01
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. DolphinDolphin ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Wind
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Wind
    31. SkaterSkater ×2
    32. Wind
    33. SkaterSkater ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. HarpoonHarpoon
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    40. Wind
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Wind
    45. HarpoonHarpoon
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Wind
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Con turret
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. DolphinDolphin ×3
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. HarpoonHarpoon
    60. Wind
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Wind
    63. DolphinDolphin ×3
    64. Wind ×5
    65. Metal storage
    66. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 07/08/2026); 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 70% 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
4:0025475147
5:003734255125
6:005155571300
7:0067161143591
8:00831216791039
9:001001825171678
10:001187736082426
11:001418845823270
12:001693754714014
13:001973364694888
14:002238872945782
15:002531983686716
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

Thurley

35.5 OS · 07/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
900 metal received · 28772 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=436

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