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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 660 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

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

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 660 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · typical 1:12
  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
    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 · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:45 · typical 3:26
    12. Con turret ×4
    13. Energy storage
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:20 · typical 5:34
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:11 · typical 7:07
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 115 steps
    1. Converter
    2. StoutStout
    3. Converter
    4. StoutStout
    5. Converter
    6. StoutStout
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Converter ×4
    10. StoutStout
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. StoutStout
    13. Converter
    14. StoutStout ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. StoutStout
    17. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:02 · typical 7:06
    18. StoutStout
    19. BlitzBlitz ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. BlitzBlitz ×8
    22. Converter
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Converter
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Converter
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. ChainsawChainsaw
    29. BlitzBlitz ×3
    30. Converter
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Converter
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Converter
    35. ChainsawChainsaw
    36. BlitzBlitz ×2
    37. Converter
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. ChainsawChainsaw
    40. Converter
    41. BlitzBlitz ×3
    42. Converter
    43. BlitzBlitz ×13
    44. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:08
    45. BlitzBlitz ×2
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. StormbringerBomber
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. StormbringerBomber
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. StormbringerBomber
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. StormbringerBomber
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. StormbringerBomber
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. StormbringerBomber
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. StormbringerBomber
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. StormbringerBomber
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. StormbringerBomber
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. StormbringerBomber
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. StormbringerBomber
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. StormbringerBomber
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. StormbringerBomber
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. StormbringerBomber
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. StormbringerBomber
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. StormbringerBomber ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. FalconFighter
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. FalconFighter ×2
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. FalconFighter
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. FalconFighter ×2
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. FalconFighter
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. FalconFighter
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. FalconFighter
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. FalconFighter
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. FalconFighter
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. FalconFighter
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. FalconFighter
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. FalconFighter
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. FalconFighter
    109. BlitzBlitz ×3
    110. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    111. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 13:32 · typical 8:09
    112. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:06
    113. ProphetRadar vehicle
    114. UmbraJammer
    115. StarlightStarlight ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (36 OS, 24/09/2026); 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 2:31 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 35% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 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

745 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00152300
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00572900
7:00813000
8:0011459021
9:001448951130
10:0017405565280
11:00203772074790
12:002330539401940
13:002606259613304
14:002898883214785
15:0031497101726196
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

PongoPygmaeus

35.9 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
609 metal received · 87240 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=744
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=743
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:56 · n=742
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=552
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:41 · n=705
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:09Middle 50%: 7:41–8:54 · n=669
Starlight9:06Middle 50%: 8:32–9:53 · n=583

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