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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 (93%)

#naval #eco · 1617 distinct matches · 207 players · 84% of Cortex Beach sea games · team won 55% of 1821 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 1:56

  1. Open 3 mex, then send com to sea to build Shipyard by 1:56.
  2. Add tidal generators, wind and more mex to fund the shipyard.
  3. Pump Riptide first, then Oppressor to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Get T2 constructor out to start scaling the naval economy.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy phase begins.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1617 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 ~1:56, middle half 1:43–2:07

    Some games also: Guard (30%)

    By 1:39 in all: 3 mex · 2 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Wind ×4for Air
    4. GuardGuard
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:05 · typical 1:56
  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 (46%) · mex (37%) · wind (37%) · submarine (36%) · con turret (35%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. SupporterGunboat
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. HerringMissile corvette
    4. Tidal
    5. SupporterGunboat
    6. HerringMissile corvette
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. OppressorDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:15
    9. Mex ×3
    10. RiptideFrigatenot finished by 15:00 · typical 3:50
    11. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    12. SupporterGunboat ×2
    13. Mex
    14. SupporterGunboat
    15. Converter
    16. Mex
    17. OrcaSubmarinedone 5:14
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Mex
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    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 (49%) · Guard (47%) · Radar Tower (40%) · tidal (39%) · wind (34%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 37 steps
    1. GuardGuard
    2. SupporterGunboat ×2
    3. Solar
    4. SupporterGunboat
    5. GuardGuard
    6. OrcaSubmarine
    7. SupporterGunboat
    8. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    9. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 7:12
    10. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Con turret
    13. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2not finished by 15:00 · typical 9:59
    15. Wind ×5
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:39
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Construction BotCon bot
    23. Energy storage
    24. SmugglerJammer bot
    25. Wind
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Con turret
    29. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    30. Wind
    31. Converter ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Con turret
    35. Wind
    36. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformnot finished by 15:00
    37. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Vaticineur's (33 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 2:00 · in 80% of games
  • Lazarus1 Lazarus from Geofirst at 2:13 · in 63% of games
  • Hephaestus1 Heavy transport from Airfirst at 2:16 · in 64% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot from Geofirst at 2:26 · in 70% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:34 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 8:08 · in 89% 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

1821 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0040300
2:0093700
3:00155200
4:002539051
5:003717175101
6:005045485280
7:006493980591
8:00807016611000
9:00968026061532
10:001153637112320
11:001366947243090
12:001623057963861
13:001890868724629
14:002163879205679
15:002453588866521
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Beach sea play has the lowest team win rate of these builds and destroys far less enemy metal early than it loses eco time.

  • + Metal produced climbs to 24945 by 15:00, the highest of all six roles.
  • + Riptide and Oppressor together make 63% of army, a focused naval composition.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed is only 200 by 5:00, barely contesting early sea.
  • − T2 factory only reached in 35% of games, behind other roles' T2 timing.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Vaticineur

33.1 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
5 metal received · 30683 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Shipyard1:56Middle 50%: 1:43–2:07 · n=1818
Riptide3:50Middle 50%: 3:12–4:34 · n=1774
Oppressor5:15Middle 50%: 4:29–6:07 · n=1754
Advanced Metal Extractor9:59Middle 50%: 9:17–10:54 · n=1537

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