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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3for Air
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:30 · 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. Tidal ×5
    3. EllysawFrigate
    4. Mex
    5. Tidal ×2
    6. Converter
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Mex
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Converter
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:39 · typical 4:50
    14. Mex
    15. Mex
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. GuardGuard
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
    20. HarpoonHarpoon
    21. Mex
    22. SentrySentry
  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 · 86 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Wind
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Wind ×2
    14. NettleNettle
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. MantaManta
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. CorsairDestroyer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Wind
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Wind
    34. Wind
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:59 · typical 10:01
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Wind
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    45. Wind
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Naval Energy Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Naval Energy Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. Wind
    61. Wind
    62. Wind
    63. Naval Energy Converter
    64. Wind
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. Naval Energy Converter
    67. EllysawFrigate
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Con turret
    71. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:54
    72. Construction ShipCon ship
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Construction ShipCon ship
    75. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    76. Construction ShipCon ship
    77. CastroCastro
    78. Construction ShipCon ship
    79. Construction ShipCon ship
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Construction ShipCon ship
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    84. DolphinDolphin ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. DolphinDolphin ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (38 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

Rexalidus

37.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
373 metal received · 8022 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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