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Standard beach sea

Cortex Beach sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual play: com goes to sea to build a shipyard around 2 minutes, pumping frigates and destroyers to contest enemy sea entry or hold vision, with an advanced metal extractor around 10 minutes as the transition into the team's…

Usually shipyard first (94%)

#naval #eco · 806 distinct matches · 107 players · 84% of Cortex Beach sea games · team won 55% of 871 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:57

  1. Open 3 mex and wind while com heads straight to sea.
  2. Drop Shipyard fast, before 2:00, to seize early sea presence.
  3. Push "frigate" out to contest enemy sea entry or hold vision.
  4. Add "destroyer" as the fleet grows.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor to catch up on eco.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 806 GAMES
  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 Turbine3Windfor allies
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 3 mex, 2 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:57, middle half 1:45–2:08

    By 1:41 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Tidal
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:19 · typical 1:57
  2. 2

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Tidal Generator2Tidal
    Builders
    • Construction Ship2 Con ship
    Army
    • Riptide2 Frigate
    • Herring1 Missile corvette
    • Oppressor1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Urchin (43%) · wind (40%) · submarine (39%) · gunboat (36%) · con turret (35%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 3 wind · 2 tidal · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Tidal ×2
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. HerringMissile corvette
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    8. Mex
    9. SupporterGunboat ×4
    10. Mex
    11. SupporterGunboat
    12. Mex
    13. SupporterGunboat ×3
    14. Converter
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. OppressorDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:11
    19. Wind
    20. OrcaSubmarinedone 4:36
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. OrcaSubmarine
    24. Wind
    25. GuardGuard
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine10Wind
    Builders
    • Death Cavalry1 Death Cavalry
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Urchin1 Urchin
    • Riptide5 Frigate
    • Oppressor2 Destroyer
    • Herring2 Missile corvette
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower1 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Naval Construction Turret (48%) · Guard (47%) · Radar Tower (41%) · tidal (38%) · con turret (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 9 mex · 12 wind · 4 wind · 4 tidal · 1 energy storage · 1 Naval Construction Turret

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. RiptideFrigatedone 5:31 · typical 3:52
    2. Wind
    3. RiptideFrigate
    4. Wind
    5. JellyfishJellyfish
    6. RiptideFrigate
    7. HerringMissile corvette
    8. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    9. Con turret
    10. HerringMissile corvette
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    12. OppressorDestroyer
    13. JellyfishJellyfish
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Wind ×4
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. RiptideFrigate
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:57
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. RiptideFrigate
    27. Wind
    28. Naval Energy Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Naval Energy Converter
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. SupporterGunboat
    35. OppressorDestroyer
    36. Wind ×2
    37. BeholderBeholder
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. GuardGuard
    42. RiptideFrigate
    43. Wind
    44. Naval Energy Storage
    45. RiptideFrigate
    46. Tidal
    47. Wind
    48. OrcaSubmarine
    49. Tidal
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Tidal
    52. SupporterGunboat
    53. Tidal
    54. Wind
    55. SupporterGunboat
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind
    58. SupporterGunboat
    59. Tidal
    60. SupporterGunboat
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Tidal
    64. SupporterGunboat
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal
    67. SupporterGunboat
    68. Wind
    69. Tidal
    70. SupporterGunboat
    71. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    72. Tidal
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    75. Wind ×2
    76. SupporterGunboat
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. Wind
    85. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    86. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:53
    87. Wind
    88. RiptideFrigate
    89. Wind
    90. RiptideFrigate
    91. Wind
    92. RiptideFrigate ×2
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Con turret
    97. PathfinderPathfinder
    98. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    99. PathfinderPathfinder
    100. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:52
    101. PathfinderPathfinder

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is EpicTyrannus's (42 OS, 30/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:53 · in 79% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:58 · in 83% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:14 · in 62% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 68% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:28 · in 69% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:34 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:09 · in 88% 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

871 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040300
2:0093700
3:00156800
4:0025282150
5:003701197100
6:005032535251
7:0064751096588
8:00807018261019
9:00968228541610
10:001159139942334
11:001381852133090
12:001635661643821
13:001917072004611
14:002196183045717
15:002495292706561
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Beach sea wins more than Geo sea's 50% and gets its Shipyard up faster, using early sea access before falling behind on land resources.

  • + Shipyard finishes by 1:57, faster than Geo sea's 3:18
  • + 54% team win rate beats the Cortex geo sea baseline
  • − Metal produced trails Geo sea's Cortex build, 24356 vs 28451 by 15:00
  • − T2 factory only lands in 35% of games by 12:42
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

EpicTyrannus

42.0 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
266 metal received · 9592 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:57Middle 50%: 1:45–2:08 · n=869
Riptide3:52Middle 50%: 3:16–4:34 · n=857
Oppressor5:11Middle 50%: 4:15–6:08 · n=842
Advanced Metal Extractor9:57Middle 50%: 9:16–10:53 · n=739

Played most by

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