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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 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 709 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 800 · 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 709 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:23 · typical 3:26
    11. PawnPawn ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Mex
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Con turret
    27. Wind ×2
    28. NettleNettle
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:42–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (48%)

    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 · 2 steps
    1. Wind ×24
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:04 · 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 (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 · 271 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind ×5
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:48 · typical 5:34
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×5
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×4
    19. PrudePrudedone 8:18
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:56 · typical 8:07
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×11
    34. Converter
    35. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Energy storage
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. UmbraJammer
    43. Wind ×2
    44. ProphetRadar vehicle
    45. Converter
    46. Wind ×3
    47. StarlightStarlightdone 9:49 · typical 9:03
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Con turret
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×8
    52. StarlightStarlight
    53. Wind ×4
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Converter ×3
    59. Wind
    60. StarlightStarlight
    61. Converter ×2
    62. Wind
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×3
    67. Con turret
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:30
    73. Wind ×6
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind ×4
    82. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:54
    83. Wind
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:01
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. TickTick ×6
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Wind
    93. TickTick ×4
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick ×9
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick ×6
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×3
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Converter
    112. TickTick ×6
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. Wind
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick ×2
    119. StarlightStarlight
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind ×2
    122. TickTick
    123. Wind
    124. TickTick ×5
    125. Converter
    126. TickTick ×3
    127. Con turret
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×3
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick ×3
    132. Con turret
    133. TickTick ×3
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick ×3
    136. Converter
    137. TickTick ×3
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×6
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick ×3
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×3
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind
    147. TickTick ×7
    148. Converter
    149. TickTick ×4
    150. Wind
    151. TickTick ×3
    152. Converter
    153. TickTick ×4
    154. Wind ×2
    155. TickTick
    156. Wind
    157. TickTick ×5
    158. Wind
    159. TickTick ×6
    160. Wind ×3
    161. TickTick ×2
    162. Wind
    163. TickTick ×4
    164. Wind ×2
    165. TickTick ×3
    166. Wind
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. Wind ×2
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick ×5
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. TickTick ×5
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. TickTick
    181. Converter
    182. TickTick ×5
    183. Wind ×2
    184. TickTick ×5
    185. Wind
    186. TickTick
    187. Wind
    188. TickTick ×4
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. TickTick ×6
    192. Wind
    193. Converter
    194. TickTick
    195. Wind
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. Converter
    198. TickTick ×3
    199. Con turret
    200. Wind
    201. TickTick ×3
    202. Converter
    203. TickTick ×5
    204. Wind ×2
    205. TickTick
    206. Wind
    207. TickTick ×9
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick ×3
    210. Wind
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick ×4
    214. Wind
    215. TickTick ×2
    216. Wind ×2
    217. TickTick ×4
    218. Wind
    219. TickTick ×3
    220. Wind
    221. TickTick ×2
    222. Wind
    223. TickTick ×3
    224. Wind
    225. TickTick ×4
    226. Wind ×2
    227. TickTick
    228. Converter
    229. TickTick
    230. Wind
    231. TickTick ×3
    232. Wind ×2
    233. TickTick ×3
    234. Wind
    235. TickTick ×3
    236. Converter
    237. TickTick ×4
    238. Wind ×2
    239. TickTick ×2
    240. Wind
    241. TickTick ×7
    242. Wind
    243. Converter
    244. Wind
    245. TickTick ×3
    246. Wind
    247. TickTick ×5
    248. Wind
    249. TickTick
    250. Wind
    251. TickTick ×2
    252. Wind
    253. TickTick
    254. Converter
    255. TickTick ×5
    256. Wind
    257. TickTick ×4
    258. Converter
    259. StarlightStarlight
    260. TickTick ×3
    261. Converter
    262. Con turret
    263. Converter
    264. Wind
    265. Converter
    266. TickTick ×2
    267. Wind ×2
    268. TickTick
    269. Converter
    270. TickTick ×2
    271. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 25/09/2026); 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 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · 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

800 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082600
3:00152700
4:00270000
5:00372800
6:00572800
7:00814500
8:0011494021
9:001451051130
10:0017421615320
11:00204012076790
12:002333640221927
13:002607961903323
14:002899585234783
15:0031544103856248
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

Damsko

39.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
309 metal received · 44850 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=799
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=798
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=797
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=578
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:42–7:41 · n=761
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:51 · n=723
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:31–9:53 · n=634

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