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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. CenturionCenturion
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00 · typical 3:27
    14. Wind
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Converter ×3
    20. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    21. Energy storage
    22. Con turret ×2
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Metal storage
    27. Converter
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:30 · typical 5:35
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:48 · typical 7:09
    3. Converter ×6
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:07 · 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 · 222 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:41 · typical 8:04
    5. Converter
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind
    8. UmbraJammer
    9. Wind
    10. ProphetRadar vehicle
    11. Wind
    12. MauserMauser
    13. Wind ×2
    14. MauserMauser
    15. Wind
    16. MauserMauser
    17. Wind ×2
    18. MauserMauser
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. MauserMauser
    24. Wind
    25. UmbraJammer
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. ProphetRadar vehicle
    30. Wind ×3
    31. StarlightStarlightdone 8:59 · typical 9:03
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. StarlightStarlight
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    41. Wind ×2
    42. ConsulConsulfor Suicide front
    43. Converter
    44. AmbassadorAmbassador
    45. Wind ×2
    46. Converter
    47. Wind ×2
    48. StarlightStarlight
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×3
    52. StarlightStarlight
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. ShredderShredderdone 10:50
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×2
    60. StarlightStarlight
    61. Wind ×3
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×3
    64. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Converter
    74. Wind
    75. ConsulConsul
    76. Wind ×2
    77. ConsulConsul
    78. Wind
    79. UmbraJammer
    80. Wind
    81. ProphetRadar vehicle
    82. Wind ×2
    83. StarlightStarlight
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. StarlightStarlight
    87. Con turret ×2
    88. Metal storage
    89. Wind ×2
    90. ShredderShredder
    91. Wind
    92. StarlightStarlight
    93. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:13
    94. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:13
    95. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:23
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. BlitzBlitz
    110. TickTick
    111. BlitzBlitz
    112. TickTick
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. BlitzBlitz ×2
    117. TickTick
    118. Wind
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. TickTick
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. BlitzBlitz ×2
    125. TickTick
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. TickTick
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Wind
    136. TickTick
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. TickTick ×2
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind
    142. JunoJuno
    143. TickTick
    144. BlitzBlitz ×3
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Con turret
    147. TickTick
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Con turret
    150. TickTick
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. BlitzBlitz ×2
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. TickTick
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. Wind ×2
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. Wind
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. TickTick
    170. BlitzBlitz ×2
    171. PawnPawn
    172. Wind
    173. BlitzBlitz ×2
    174. PawnPawn
    175. TickTick
    176. BlitzBlitz ×2
    177. PawnPawn
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. Wind
    181. BlitzBlitz ×2
    182. PawnPawn ×2
    183. BlitzBlitz ×2
    184. TickTick
    185. BlitzBlitz ×2
    186. PawnPawn
    187. Wind
    188. PawnPawn
    189. Wind
    190. TickTick
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. Wind
    193. BlitzBlitz
    194. PawnPawn
    195. Wind ×2
    196. BlitzBlitz ×2
    197. TickTick
    198. LazarusLazarus
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. PawnPawn
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. Wind ×2
    203. BlitzBlitz
    204. TickTick
    205. BlitzBlitz
    206. PawnPawn
    207. BlitzBlitz ×2
    208. TickTick
    209. LazarusLazarus
    210. BlitzBlitz ×2
    211. PawnPawn
    212. Wind
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. TickTick
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. Wind
    217. PawnPawn
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. PawnPawn
    220. BlitzBlitz
    221. Wind ×2
    222. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (39 OS, 06/10/2026); 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

[Crd]VOLT

39.3 OS · 06/10/2026

Open source match ↗

68 received units · includes a constructor
3359 metal received · 200495 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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