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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Geo that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor, then builds T2 units (mostly Starlight) to send to front while also supplying constructors and rez bots to allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 837 distinct matches · 118 players · 57% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 943 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 837 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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 Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:52 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:44 · typical 1:09
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Energy Converter8Converter
    • Energy Storage1Energy storage
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Turret5 Con turret
    • Lazarus4 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot2 Con bot
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot for allies
    • Lazarus1 Lazarus for allies

    By 5:00 in all: 4 mex · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:47 · typical 3:27
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Con turret ×4
    16. Converter ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 59% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:34
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (50%) · wind (47%)

    By 6:59 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Converter ×3
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:53 · typical 5:35
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Converter ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind ×3
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:19 · typical 7:09
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret
    20. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:22 · typical 7:07
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Jaguar (32%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 223 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Con turret
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:35
    5. BlitzBlitz ×6
    6. Wind
    7. BlitzBlitz ×7
    8. Converter
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Converter
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Converter
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Wind
    15. BlitzBlitz
    16. Converter
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz ×3
    20. Converter
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz ×2
    27. Wind ×2
    28. BlitzBlitz ×3
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz ×9
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz ×8
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz ×2
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz ×6
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz ×3
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz ×3
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Wind
    46. BlitzBlitz ×2
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Wind
    56. BlitzBlitz ×3
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz ×2
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz ×4
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz ×3
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz ×2
    67. Converter
    68. BlitzBlitz ×3
    69. Converter
    70. BlitzBlitz ×2
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Converter
    77. BlitzBlitz ×2
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×5
    81. Converter
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz ×4
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:10
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz ×2
    91. Wind
    92. LazarusLazarus
    93. BlitzBlitz ×3
    94. LazarusLazarus
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Converter
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Converter
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Wind
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    110. BlitzBlitz ×4
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz ×3
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×3
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz ×3
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. Wind ×2
    120. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    126. Wind ×2
    127. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    128. Wind
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    135. Wind ×2
    136. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    137. Wind
    138. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    139. Wind
    140. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    141. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Frontdone 12:47
    142. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    143. TickTickfor Suicide front
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitzfor Suicide front
    146. TickTick ×3for Suicide front
    147. Wind
    148. TickTickfor Suicide front
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. TickTick
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. BlitzBlitz
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Wind
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. TickTick
    167. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    168. Wind
    169. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    170. TickTick ×2
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick ×2
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick
    175. Metal storage
    176. Wind ×2
    177. TickTick
    178. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    179. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:51 · typical 8:04
    180. Wind
    181. TickTick
    182. Wind ×2
    183. TickTick
    184. LazarusLazarus
    185. Wind ×2
    186. MauserMauser
    187. Wind ×2
    188. LazarusLazarus
    189. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:04
    190. Wind
    191. MauserMauser
    192. LazarusLazarus
    193. Wind
    194. BlitzBlitz ×2
    195. Wind
    196. LazarusLazarus
    197. MauserMauser
    198. Wind
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. LazarusLazarus
    201. Wind
    202. MauserMauser
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. Wind ×2
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. MauserMauser
    207. BlitzBlitz
    208. Wind ×2
    209. MauserMauser
    210. BlitzBlitz
    211. Wind
    212. MauserMauser
    213. Wind
    214. BlitzBlitz
    215. Wind
    216. MauserMauser
    217. Wind
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. MauserMauser
    220. Wind
    221. BlitzBlitz
    222. MauserMauser
    223. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 07/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 78% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:28 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 94% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

020k40k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

943 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00153100
4:00269400
5:00372000
6:00565500
7:00808700
8:0011491042
9:001451354130
10:0017431537260
11:00203831953660
12:002324939131810
13:002606559863205
14:002900183914570
15:0031746105055975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Viltrum

40.4 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
1587 metal received · 217130 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=942
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=940
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=937
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=905
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:38 · n=674
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:04Middle 50%: 7:40–8:39 · n=865
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=763

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