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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy opening leading into T2 constructor and Starlight units sent to front as the team's first T2 push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #push · 762 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 857 · 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 762 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · 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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. PawnPawnfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Con turret
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. Converter
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:09 · typical 3:26
    14. Converter ×4
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×5
    24. Con turret
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Con turret
  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 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Converter ×2
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Converter
    7. Wind ×5
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:20 · typical 5:34
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:11 · typical 7:07
    15. Converter
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:20 · 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 (49%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · 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 · 149 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. GroundhogGroundhog ×2
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:20 · typical 8:07
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    9. ProphetRadar vehicle
    10. Wind
    11. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    12. UmbraJammer
    13. Light MineLight Mine
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    17. StarlightStarlightdone 8:52 · typical 9:03
    18. Wind
    19. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Light MineLight Mine
    22. Wind
    23. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    24. Wind
    25. Light MineLight Mine
    26. StarlightStarlight
    27. Light MineLight Mine
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    30. Wind
    31. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    32. Wind
    33. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Light MineLight Mine
    38. Wind
    39. Light MineLight Mine
    40. Wind ×2
    41. StarlightStarlight
    42. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    43. Wind
    44. Light MineLight Mine
    45. Wind
    46. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    47. Wind
    48. Light MineLight Mine
    49. Wind
    50. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Light MineLight Mine
    53. Wind
    54. JaguarJaguar
    55. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Light MineLight Mine
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. Light MineLight Mine
    61. Wind
    62. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Light MineLight Mine
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    68. JaguarJaguar
    69. Light MineLight Mine
    70. Wind
    71. Light MineLight Mine
    72. Wind
    73. Light MineLight Mine
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Wind
    76. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Light MineLight Mine
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Light MineLight Mine
    81. Wind
    82. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    83. JaguarJaguar
    84. Light MineLight Mine
    85. Wind
    86. Light MineLight Mine
    87. Wind
    88. Light MineLight Mine
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Light MineLight Mine
    91. Wind
    92. Light MineLight Mine
    93. Wind
    94. Light MineLight Mine
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Light MineLight Mine
    99. JaguarJaguar
    100. Light MineLight Mine
    101. Wind
    102. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    103. ShredderShredderdone 11:16
    104. Light MineLight Mine
    105. Wind
    106. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    107. ShredderShredder
    108. Wind
    109. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    110. Wind
    111. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Light MineLight Mine ×8
    114. Wind
    115. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    116. JaguarJaguar
    117. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    118. JaguarJaguar
    119. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    120. JaguarJaguar
    121. Light MineLight Mine
    122. Wind
    123. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    126. JaguarJaguar
    127. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    128. JaguarJaguar
    129. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    130. Wind
    131. JaguarJaguar
    132. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    133. JaguarJaguar
    134. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    135. JaguarJaguar
    136. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    137. JaguarJaguar
    138. Light MineLight Mine
    139. Wind
    140. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    141. StarlightStarlight
    142. Light MineLight Mine ×7
    143. Wind
    144. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    145. StarlightStarlight
    146. Wind
    147. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    148. Wind
    149. Light MineLight Mine ×23

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MRX1's (39 OS, 14/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:30 · in 87% 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

857 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270600
5:00372900
6:00572000
7:00814000
8:0011502021
9:001450952130
10:0017425627320
11:00204052075790
12:002330539821933
13:002611260863295
14:002900184934700
15:0031601103396090
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

MRX1

39.0 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
366 metal received · 126846 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=856
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=853
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=617
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=816
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:47 · n=777
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=682

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