Geo / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard geo

Eco-first Geo build that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor before transitioning into Starlight-led T2 units for front, the role's baseline play.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

0:03Open mex and wind into Bot Lab.
2:25Rush geothermal for the early energy spike.
5:34Add Advanced Metal Extractor, then Advanced Geothermal by 7:07.
7:07Bring up Vehicle Plant alongside T2 con for "Starlight" and vehicles.
9:19+Funnel "Starlight" and T1 vehicles to front, pay allies with cons and "Lazarus".

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 751 GAMES

1
20:55
35:00
46:59

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 2Mex
- 4Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 2 mex, 4 winddone ~1:11, middle half 0:58–1:22
By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 3 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:38Wind ×4
3. 1:04Bot Labdone 1:21 · typical 1:11
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:55 – 5:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 3Wind
- 8Converter
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Geo ~2:37after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
Builders
- 5 Con turret
- 4 Lazarus
- 2 Con bot
- 1 Con bot for allies
- 1 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 · 25 steps
1. 1:21Lazarus
2. 1:26Wind ×2
3. 1:37Con botfor Air
4. 1:46Lazarusfor Beach sea
5. 1:48Wind
6. 1:57Con bot
7. 1:59Wind
8. 2:06Converter
9. 2:12Lazarus
10. 2:12Mex
11. 2:21Geodone 3:45 · typical 3:26
12. 2:23Converter
13. 2:31Con bot
14. 2:33Converter
15. 2:47Lazarus ×2
16. 3:48Converter
17. 3:52Con turret
18. 3:57Converter ×3
19. 4:20Con turret
20. 4:30Converter
21. 4:36Con turret
22. 4:38Energy storage
23. 4:43T2 mexdone 5:20 · typical 5:33
24. 4:47Con turret
25. 4:54Energy storage
3
5:00 to Vehicle Plant
5:00 – 6:59
Order
1. Advanced Geothermal Powerplant ~6:04after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 59% of games
2. Vehicle Plant ~6:59after 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:40
Builders
- 1 Con turret
Some games also: converter (49%) · 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 · 7 steps
1. 5:02T2 mex
2. 5:07Con turret
3. 5:24T2 mex ×2for Front
4. 6:16Con turret ×2
5. 6:24Advanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:21 · typical 7:06
6. 6:56Radar Tower
7. 7:08Vehicle Plantdone 7:23 · typical 7:07
4
Vehicle Plant to 10:00
6:59 – 10:00
Economy
- 5Wind
- 3Converter
Order
1. Advanced Vehicle Plant ~7:32after 11 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turret
Builders
- 1 Con vehicle
Army
- 2 Starlight
- 1 Jammer
- 1 Radar vehicle
Some games also: con turret (50%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (49%) · Jaguar (31%)
By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage
The example game in this phase · 73 steps
1. 7:09Dragon's Teeth ×5
2. 7:23Con vehicle
3. 7:25Dragon's Teeth ×2
4. 7:30Converter
5. 7:32Dragon's Teeth
6. 7:35Converter
7. 7:35Advanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:55 · typical 8:06
8. 7:36Dragon's Teeth
9. 7:37Converter
10. 7:40Dragon's Teeth ×4
11. 7:55Jammer
12. 7:57Converter
13. 7:57Dragon's Teeth
14. 8:01Radar vehicle
15. 8:02Dragon's Teeth
16. 8:04Converter
17. 8:07Starlightfor Frontdone 8:26 · typical 9:02
18. 8:08Sentry
19. 8:09Converter
20. 8:13Dragon's Teeth ×2
21. 8:19Converter
22. 8:23Dragon's Teeth ×2
23. 8:28Converter
24. 8:28Jaguarfor Front
25. 8:29Sentry
26. 8:29Dragon's Teeth ×2
27. 8:35Jaguarfor Front
28. 8:35Converter
29. 8:36Dragon's Teeth ×2
30. 8:40Sentry
31. 8:41Jaguarfor Front
32. 8:43Converter
33. 8:44Dragon's Teeth
34. 8:47Jaguarfor Front
35. 8:49Dragon's Teeth
36. 8:51Converter
37. 8:53Dragon's Teeth
38. 8:54Jaguarfor Front
39. 8:56Converter
40. 8:57Dragon's Teeth
41. 9:00Sentry
42. 9:01Starlight
43. 9:02Dragon's Teeth ×2
44. 9:08Converter
45. 9:10Dragon's Teeth
46. 9:13T2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
47. 9:13Wind
48. 9:23Starlightfor Front
49. 9:24Blitz
50. 9:25Converter
51. 9:27Sentry
52. 9:32Wind
53. 9:46Blitz
54. 9:48Jammerfor Front
55. 9:48Wind
56. 9:49Converter
57. 9:54Radar vehiclefor Front
58. 9:55Wind
59. 10:00Starlightfor Front
60. 10:02Converter
61. 10:02Wind
62. 10:05Pawn
63. 10:19Wind ×2
64. 10:22Starlight
65. 10:24Converter
66. 10:25Blitz
67. 10:26Shredder ×2done 10:33
68. 10:34Wind
69. 10:35Chainsaw
70. 10:40Converter
71. 10:42Pawn
72. 10:45Shredder
73. 10:54Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (39 OS, 07/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 78% of games
1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:30 · in 88% of games
1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 62% of games

You get

1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 34% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:48 · in 95% 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

02.5k5k7.5k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

845 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	333	0	0
2:00	827	0	0
3:00	1530	0	0
4:00	2707	0	0
5:00	3732	0	0
6:00	5727	0	0
7:00	8167	0	0
8:00	11507	0	21
9:00	14533	51	130
10:00	17436	630	320
11:00	20416	2108	824
12:00	23369	4029	1940
13:00	26139	6187	3295
14:00	29025	8510	4756
15:00	31663	10396	6186

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo build dominates the resource numbers, with zero own losses through 10:00 and a huge metal lead by 15:00.

+ Metal produced hits 31426 by 15:00, highest of all six builds
+ Own metal lost is 0 by 5:00 and only 334 by 10:00

− First Starlight only arrives in 57% of games by 9:19
− Advanced geothermal lands in just 69% of games by 7:16

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

ManBearPig_

39.4 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1097 metal received · 36692 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:11Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=844

Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843

Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842

Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606

Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805

Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767

Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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Standard geo

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to Vehicle Plant

Vehicle Plant to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

ManBearPig_

Typical milestones

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