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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1348 distinct matches · 236 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1569 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1348 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · 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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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 · 37 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:35 · typical 3:29
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Wind ×3
    17. Energy storage ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Mexfor Suicide front
    21. Wind
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Con turret
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Mexfor Suicide front
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind ×4
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Mexfor Suicide front
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (49%) · wind (40%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    4. Converter ×5
    5. Con turret
    6. Converter
    7. Metal storage
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter ×10
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:37 · typical 5:38
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:31 · typical 7:11
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Converter
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:14 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 54 steps
    1. Converter ×5
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. JanusJanus
    5. BlitzBlitz ×2
    6. Converter
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Converter
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. Converter ×5
    14. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:01 · typical 8:02
    15. Converter ×2
    16. MauserMauser ×2for Front
    17. Converter
    18. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    19. MauserMauser ×6for Front
    20. Converter
    21. MauserMauser ×3for Front
    22. JaguarJaguarfor Suicide front
    23. JaguarJaguar ×2
    24. Converter
    25. MauserMauser
    26. JaguarJaguar ×2
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. CorsairDestroyerdone 11:51
    29. Tidal
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. MauserMauser
    32. Converter
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Tidal
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Converter
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Tidal
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. MauserMauser
    41. Converter
    42. Tidal
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Converter
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. Tidal
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Converter
    49. DolphinDolphin ×3
    50. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Converter
    53. ShredderShredder ×2done 13:14
    54. Advanced Bot LabEat Advanced Bot Labreclaimed for its metal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Oxdog's (31 OS, 07/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 86% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:53 · in 94% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1569 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0086000
3:00152700
4:00267100
5:00369400
6:00563700
7:00801700
8:001133700
9:00144064284
10:0017270471200
11:00201161745520
12:002298836181600
13:002573359092956
14:002858682574419
15:0031355102235570
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Oxdog

31.4 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

48 received units · includes a constructor
815 metal received · 97749 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1568
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1560
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1560
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1516
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1139
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:02Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1451
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=1309

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