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Standard beach sea

Armada Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Builds shipyard first and moves into destroyers, aiming to contest enemy sea entry or grab early vision while building up economy with an advanced metal extractor.

Usually shipyard first (96%)

#naval #eco · 487 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 512 · 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 487 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 ~1:39, middle half 1:24–1:59

    Some games also: tidal (44%) · energy storage (34%)

    By 1:21 in all: 3 mex · 1 wind (standard 5)

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 0:58
    5. OspreyHeavy transport
    6. Solar
    7. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×3
    8. Mex
    9. Converter ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. Con turret
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Mex
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Con turret
    17. Mex ×2
    18. Tidal
    19. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00 · 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%) · Sentry (37%) · con turret (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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    3. 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 (47%) · frigate (43%) · tidal (40%) · con turret (38%) · converter (37%)

    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 · 119 steps
    1. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:22
    2. Wind ×5
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:13 · typical 4:50
    4. Wind ×7
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. GauntletGauntletdone 7:02
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. Converter ×3
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Wind
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Wind
    20. Construction ShipCon ship
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:20 · typical 10:01
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×3
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. AnemoneAnemone
    48. SentrySentry
    49. Wind ×2
    50. AnemoneAnemone
    51. Wind ×3
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Wind ×3
    55. AnemoneAnemone
    56. ShipyardShipyarddone 9:55
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. EelSubmarine ×2done 10:05
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. EelSubmarine
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:42
    64. EelSubmarine ×2
    65. CenturionCenturion
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. CenturionCenturion
    68. OverwatchOverwatch
    69. PawnPawn
    70. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:29
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    73. PawnPawn
    74. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. EelSubmarine
    77. PawnPawn
    78. BeamerBeamer
    79. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. CenturionCenturion
    82. HarpoonHarpoon
    83. EelSubmarine
    84. MantaManta
    85. CenturionCenturion ×2
    86. EelSubmarine
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. HarpoonHarpoon
    89. EelSubmarine ×2
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. PawnPawn
    92. DolphinDolphin
    93. HarpoonHarpoon
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. PawnPawn
    96. DolphinDolphin ×2
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Naval Construction Turret
    99. PawnPawn
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. HarpoonHarpoon
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Wind
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Wind
    106. SkaterSkater
    107. Wind
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. ShipyardShipyardnot finished by 15:00
    112. DolphinDolphin ×2
    113. Con turret
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    116. Con turret
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. Construction ShipCon ship
    119. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:45 · in 78% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:56 · in 78% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 52% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:15 · 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 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

512 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475150
5:003732255125
6:005154571300
7:0067161146591
8:00831516821037
9:001002525171666
10:001190636082420
11:001422645593244
12:001695854344006
13:001973364604876
14:002240372755744
15:002536683546703
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

Immort

54.3 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 49145 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=511
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:53 · n=491
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:55 · n=442

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