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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 · 825 distinct matches · 110 players · 84% of Cortex Beach sea games · team won 55% of 893 · 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 825 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 1:44–2:08

    By 1:40 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4for Air
    3. GuardGuard
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:44 · 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 (44%) · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Tidal ×3
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. HerringMissile corvette
    6. RiptideFrigatedone 3:11 · typical 3:52
    7. Mex ×2
    8. RiptideFrigate
    9. Mex
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. RiptideFrigate
    12. OrcaSubmarinedone 4:54
    13. Mex
    14. Mex
    15. Mex ×2
    16. GuardGuard
    17. OppressorDestroyerdone 5:57 · typical 5:11
  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 (39%) · 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 · 48 steps
    1. Wind
    2. GuardGuard
    3. Wind
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. UrchinUrchin
    6. Wind
    7. RiptideFrigate
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Wind ×2
    10. RiptideFrigate
    11. UrchinUrchin
    12. Wind
    13. RiptideFrigate
    14. Wind
    15. HerringMissile corvette
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    17. Wind
    18. OppressorDestroyer
    19. Wind
    20. Naval Energy Storage
    21. Wind
    22. RiptideFrigate ×2
    23. HerringMissile corvette
    24. OppressorDestroyer
    25. Naval Energy Converter
    26. RiptideFrigate ×2
    27. Naval Energy Converter
    28. HerringMissile corvette
    29. OppressorDestroyer
    30. UrchinUrchin
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. RiptideFrigate ×2
    33. HerringMissile corvette
    34. OppressorDestroyer
    35. RiptideFrigate ×2
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. HerringMissile corvette
    38. OppressorDestroyer
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 13:50 · typical 9:58
    40. RiptideFrigate
    41. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    42. RiptideFrigate
    43. HerringMissile corvette
    44. OppressorDestroyer
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. RiptideFrigate ×2
    47. HerringMissile corvette
    48. OppressorDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is s0uthy's (38 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine3 Wind to Airfirst at 1:52 · in 78% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:58 · in 82% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:13 · in 61% 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 2:35 · 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

893 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040300
2:0093700
3:00156900
4:0025322150
5:003703197100
6:005029538254
7:0064741091590
8:00805618261031
9:00967328311605
10:001157039442340
11:001378151713070
12:001631761563806
13:001908271534609
14:002186582105711
15:002489892026531
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

s0uthy

37.7 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
124 metal received · 16453 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:57Middle 50%: 1:44–2:08 · n=891
Riptide3:52Middle 50%: 3:15–4:34 · n=878
Oppressor5:11Middle 50%: 4:17–6:08 · n=861
Advanced Metal Extractor9:58Middle 50%: 9:17–10:53 · n=755

Played most by

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