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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 · 455 distinct matches · 77 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 46% of 478 · 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 455 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 ~1:39, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (43%) · energy storage (33%)

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 4)

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Tidal
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:23 · typical 1:39
  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%) · frigate (37%) · Sentry (36%) · submarine (34%)

    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 · 29 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Tidal
    4. Tidalfor Air
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. EelSubmarinedone 2:53
    9. Converter
    10. Mex
    11. Converter ×2
    12. EelSubmarine
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind ×4
    17. Mex
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. Wind ×4
    20. Mex
    21. Con turret
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. EelSubmarine
    25. Wind ×4
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. EelSubmarine
    29. 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 (39%) · converter (38%) · con turret (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 · 128 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind ×4
    7. BeholderBeholder
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. BeholderBeholder
    11. Wind ×2
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Wind ×2
    19. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:08 · typical 4:49
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Wind
    32. Wind
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. AnemoneAnemone
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Wind
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Wind
    58. Wind
    59. Wind
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:24 · typical 10:02
    62. Wind
    63. Wind
    64. Wind
    65. Wind
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Wind
    69. Wind
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Wind
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. CorsairDestroyer
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Wind
    86. Wind
    87. Wind
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. BeholderBeholder
    91. Wind
    92. Wind
    93. BeholderBeholder
    94. Wind
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Wind
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. BeholderBeholder
    100. Wind
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Wind
    103. Wind
    104. SkaterSkater ×2
    105. Wind
    106. Wind
    107. Wind
    108. Construction ShipCon ship
    109. Wind
    110. Mex
    111. Wind
    112. Wind
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. Wind
    115. Naval Construction Turret
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Wind ×2
    119. Naval Construction Turret
    120. Wind ×2
    121. HarpoonHarpoon
    122. Wind
    123. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    124. Wind
    125. ChainsawChainsaw
    126. CorsairDestroyer
    127. Naval Construction Turret
    128. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yeskinkot's (38 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 1:56 · in 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:14 · in 41% 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 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

478 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158300
4:0025445147
5:003731255125
6:005156572298
7:0067231146591
8:00831916761039
9:001002524981656
10:001188936262396
11:001418846533207
12:001693754713948
13:001977264724879
14:002240373395782
15:002531983686703
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

yeskinkot

37.8 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1048 metal received · 12348 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:39Middle 50%: 1:24–1:59 · n=477
Corsair4:49Middle 50%: 4:15–5:50 · n=459
Advanced Metal Extractor10:02Middle 50%: 9:13–10:57 · n=414

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