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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 · 871 distinct matches · 111 players · 83% of Cortex Beach sea games · team won 54% of 943 · 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 871 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 Turbine2Windfor allies
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 3 mex, 2 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~1:57, middle half 1:43–2:07

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

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 1:41 · 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 (45%) · submarine (39%) · wind (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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. RiptideFrigate ×2done 2:15 · typical 3:51
    3. Mex
    4. HerringMissile corvette
    5. OrcaSubmarinenot finished by 15:00
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Mex
    8. OppressorDestroyerdone 4:01 · typical 5:11
    9. Mex
    10. RiptideFrigate
    11. HerringMissile corvette
    12. OppressorDestroyer
    13. Mex
    14. Mex
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine9Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    • Death Cavalry1 Death Cavalry
    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 (40%) · 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 · 67 steps
    1. OppressorDestroyer
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Naval Construction Turret
    5. HerringMissile corvette
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. RiptideFrigate
    11. Tidal
    12. Wind
    13. Naval Construction Turret
    14. Tidal ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Tidal
    17. Wind
    18. OppressorDestroyer
    19. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    20. Tidal
    21. Con turret
    22. Tidal ×2
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Tidal
    25. OppressorDestroyer
    26. Tidal ×6
    27. RiptideFrigate
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:57 · typical 9:58
    29. Tidal
    30. Con turret
    31. GuardGuard
    32. OppressorDestroyer
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. HerringMissile corvette
    35. UrchinUrchin
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Energy storage
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. BeholderBeholder
    42. Naval Construction Turret ×4
    43. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:33
    44. BeholderBeholder
    45. Con turret
    46. GuardGuard
    47. Con turret
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Tidal
    51. Advanced solar
    52. Tidal ×3
    53. Advanced solar
    54. Tidal
    55. Advanced solar
    56. Tidal ×2
    57. SlingshotSlingshot
    58. Tidal
    59. Advanced solar
    60. Tidal ×2
    61. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:47
    62. SlingshotSlingshot
    63. Advanced solar
    64. PhantasmRadar jammer ship
    65. DespotBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    66. Converter ×2
    67. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MischievousDragonGF's (43 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 1:59 · in 82% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:13 · in 62% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 68% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:27 · 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 8:10 · 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

943 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040300
2:0093700
3:00157000
4:002537051
5:003709197100
6:005035533261
7:0064751080591
8:00803818141031
9:00966427901581
10:001155639232340
11:001375250003070
12:001628061193825
13:001906771064611
14:002181181625667
15:002487692576531
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

MischievousDragonGF

42.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
990 metal received · 55074 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:57Middle 50%: 1:43–2:07 · n=941
Riptide3:51Middle 50%: 3:15–4:34 · n=925
Oppressor5:11Middle 50%: 4:18–6:08 · n=907
Advanced Metal Extractor9:58Middle 50%: 9:17–10:55 · n=797

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