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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 1:22 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Tidalfor Air
    4. Tidal
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. EelSubmarinedone 3:05
    10. Mex ×3
    11. Wind
    12. EelSubmarine
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Mex
    17. EelSubmarine
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Energy storage
    20. Mex
    21. Converter
    22. Mex
    23. Converter
    24. EelSubmarine
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
  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 · 137 steps
    1. Wind
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Metal storage
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Wind
    12. Wind
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Wind
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:30 · typical 4:49
    17. Wind
    18. Wind
    19. Wind
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Wind
    22. Wind
    23. Wind
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Construction Turret
    30. Converter
    31. Con turret
    32. Wind
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Converter
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind
    62. Wind
    63. Wind
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind
    66. Wind
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Wind
    69. Naval Construction Turret
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:22 · typical 10:02
    71. Wind
    72. Wind
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. Wind
    75. Wind
    76. Wind
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind
    79. Wind
    80. Wind
    81. Wind
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Mex
    84. Wind
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Mex
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Wind
    91. Wind ×2
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. Wind
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Wind
    96. Wind
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. Wind
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Wind
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Wind
    108. Wind ×6
    109. Wind
    110. Wind
    111. Construction ShipCon ship
    112. Wind
    113. Wind
    114. Wind
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Wind
    117. Naval Construction Turret
    118. Wind
    119. Wind
    120. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    121. Wind
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Construction ShipCon ship
    126. Wind
    127. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:03
    128. Wind ×2
    129. SkaterSkater
    130. Wind
    131. SkaterSkater
    132. Wind
    133. SkaterSkater
    134. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    135. SkaterSkater
    136. Wind
    137. SkaterSkater

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 ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
214 metal received · 46803 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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