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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

  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 751 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 ~1:11, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · typical 1:11
  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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:34 · typical 3:26
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:18 · typical 5:33
    23. Converter
    24. 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 6:41–7:40
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 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. Converter
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:55 · typical 7:06
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:00 · 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, 11 converter, 7 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 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 · 137 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:33 · typical 8:06
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Converter
    9. ProphetRadar vehicle
    10. Converter
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. SentrySentry
    15. StarlightStarlightdone 8:20 · typical 9:02
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind ×2
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. StarlightStarlight
    32. Converter
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Converter
    45. Wind ×2
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. ShredderShredderdone 9:45
    50. Wind
    51. ShredderShredder
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. Converter
    57. FerretFerret
    58. ShredderShredder
    59. Wind
    60. ShredderShredder
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. FerretFerret
    64. ShredderShredder
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. StarlightStarlight
    78. Wind
    79. Converter
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. StarlightStarlight
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:53
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Wind
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Wind
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Converter
    99. JaguarJaguar
    100. Wind
    101. ConsulConsul
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:35
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. JaguarJaguar
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. Converter
    113. Fusion ReactorFusion
    114. Converter
    115. JaguarJaguar
    116. Wind
    117. Con turret
    118. JaguarJaguar
    119. Converter
    120. Con turret
    121. Wind
    122. Con turret
    123. JaguarJaguar
    124. Converter
    125. Con turret
    126. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:15
    127. Wind
    128. JaguarJaguar
    129. LazarusLazarus
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. JaguarJaguar
    133. LazarusLazarus
    134. Wind
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. Converter
    137. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (42 OS, 31/08/2026); 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 2:30 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 34% 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

yubiyubi

42.2 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1151 metal received · 93673 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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