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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 0:54 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:15 · typical 3:26
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Energy storage
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×4
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×11
  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 6:41–7:38
    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 · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×9
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:34
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:53 · typical 7:08
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · 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
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (49%) · Jaguar (32%)

    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 · 148 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 6:59
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. Converter
    4. BlitzBlitz ×3
    5. Converter ×2
    6. BlitzBlitz ×3
    7. Converter
    8. BlitzBlitz ×2
    9. Converter
    10. BlitzBlitz ×5
    11. Converter ×2
    12. BlitzBlitz ×7
    13. Converter
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Converter
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. ChainsawChainsaw
    18. BlitzBlitz ×5
    19. GroundhogGroundhog
    20. BlitzBlitz
    21. GroundhogGroundhog
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Converter
    24. BlitzBlitz ×3
    25. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Converter
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Converter
    30. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:27 · typical 8:05
    31. Converter
    32. BeholderBeholder
    33. Converter
    34. Light MineLight Mine
    35. Con turret
    36. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Light MineLight Mine
    39. StarlightStarlightdone 10:08 · typical 9:01
    40. Converter
    41. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    42. BeholderBeholder
    43. Converter
    44. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Light MineLight Mine
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Light MineLight Mine
    49. Converter
    50. Con turret
    51. Light MineLight Mine
    52. Converter
    53. BeholderBeholder
    54. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. Light MineLight Mine
    57. Wind ×6
    58. Light MineLight Mine
    59. Wind
    60. Light MineLight Mine
    61. ProphetRadar vehicle
    62. Wind
    63. UmbraJammer
    64. Wind
    65. ShredderShredderdone 11:12
    66. Wind ×4
    67. ShredderShredder
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Light MineLight Mine
    70. Wind
    71. Light MineLight Mine
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. Wind
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Wind
    76. Light MineLight Mine
    77. Wind
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. Light MineLight Mine
    80. Wind
    81. Light MineLight Mine
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Light MineLight Mine
    85. Wind
    86. JaguarJaguar
    87. Light MineLight Mine
    88. Wind
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Light MineLight Mine
    91. Wind ×2
    92. JaguarJaguar
    93. Wind
    94. Light MineLight Mine
    95. Wind
    96. Light MineLight Mine
    97. JaguarJaguar
    98. Wind ×2
    99. JaguarJaguar
    100. Wind
    101. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:44
    102. Wind
    103. JaguarJaguar
    104. Wind ×4
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. Wind ×2
    107. JaguarJaguar
    108. Wind ×2
    109. TickTick
    110. JaguarJaguar
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. BeamerBeamer
    114. Wind ×2
    115. TickTick
    116. JaguarJaguar
    117. Wind ×2
    118. TickTick
    119. JaguarJaguar
    120. Wind
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind ×2
    123. TickTick
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind ×2
    127. JaguarJaguar
    128. TickTick ×2
    129. Wind ×2
    130. JaguarJaguar
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Wind ×2
    134. JaguarJaguar
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind ×2
    137. StarlightStarlight
    138. TickTick
    139. Wind ×2
    140. TickTick
    141. Wind ×2
    142. TickTick
    143. JaguarJaguar
    144. Wind ×2
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. StarlightStarlight
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (39 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:18 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

KOT_

38.7 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1956 metal received · 212572 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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