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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 · 475 distinct matches · 79 players · 73% of Armada Beach sea games · team won 47% of 500 · 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 475 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 (44%) · energy storage (33%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    6. Energy storage
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:55 · 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 (42%) · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    2. Naval Construction Turret
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. EelSubmarinedone 3:14
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Mex
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. Mex
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Con turret
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Wind ×4
    20. HarpoonHarpoon
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:07 · typical 4:50
    22. 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 (47%) · 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 · 102 steps
    1. Wind ×7
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Naval Construction Turret
    7. Wind
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Naval Construction Turret
    11. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 7:49
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Wind ×2
    17. SweeperSweeper
    18. Wind
    19. SweeperSweeper
    20. Wind
    21. SeekerSeeker ×3
    22. Wind
    23. SeekerSeeker ×2
    24. Wind
    25. SeekerSeeker ×3
    26. Wind
    27. SeekerSeeker ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    30. Wind ×6
    31. Naval Metal Storage
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Naval Construction Turret
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 10:45 · typical 10:01
    37. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    38. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:14
    39. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. VoyagerVoyager
    44. Wind
    45. VoyagerVoyager
    46. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:08
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Naval Construction Turret
    53. Wind
    54. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:26
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. TsunamiTsunami
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. TsunamiTsunami
    64. Wind
    65. TsunamiTsunami
    66. Wind
    67. TsunamiTsunami
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. TsunamiTsunami
    71. Wind ×2
    72. TsunamiTsunami
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. TsunamiTsunami
    76. Wind
    77. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    78. TsunamiTsunami
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. TsunamiTsunami
    83. Wind
    84. TsunamiTsunami
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:34
    89. Wind
    90. EllysawFrigate
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. EllysawFrigate
    94. Converter
    95. Wind
    96. EllysawFrigate
    97. Wind
    98. EllysawFrigate
    99. Wind
    100. EllysawFrigate
    101. Converter
    102. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (48 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 79% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:09 · in 51% 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 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

500 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040400
2:0093800
3:00158600
4:0025475120
5:003733255125
6:005159572300
7:0067231146591
8:00832516791037
9:001003025021675
10:001188936262420
11:001422046723244
12:001697355254006
13:001977265004904
14:002242873625822
15:002536684836721
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

haaven

47.8 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1646 metal received · 94689 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=499
Corsair4:50Middle 50%: 4:15–5:52 · n=479
Advanced Metal Extractor10:01Middle 50%: 9:13–10:56 · n=434

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