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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play: geothermal into T2 constructor and Advanced Geothermal, then T2 units like Starlight brought to front for the team.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1318 distinct matches · 232 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1537 · 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 1318 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 · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:43 · 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 · 33 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:41 · typical 3:29
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
  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 (48%) · wind (41%)

    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. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Wind
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry ×3
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:21 · typical 5:38
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Con turret
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:31 · 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 · 126 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3for Suicide front
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:49 · typical 7:11
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind
    8. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:54
    9. Con turret
    10. BlinkScout plane ×2
    11. Wind
    12. FalconFighter ×9for Air
    13. Wind
    14. FalconFighterfor Air
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    17. Wind
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft ×2
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    21. Wind
    22. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    23. Wind
    24. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    25. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    26. Con turret ×5
    27. Wind
    28. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platform ×2done 9:13
    29. Wind
    30. SeekerSeeker ×3
    31. Converter
    32. SeekerSeeker
    33. Wind
    34. SeekerSeeker ×3
    35. Wind
    36. SeekerSeeker ×2
    37. Wind
    38. SeekerSeeker ×2
    39. Wind
    40. SeekerSeeker ×4
    41. Wind ×2
    42. SeekerSeeker ×2
    43. Wind
    44. SeekerSeeker ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. SeekerSeeker ×3
    47. Wind ×2
    48. SeekerSeeker ×2
    49. Wind
    50. SeekerSeeker ×2
    51. Wind
    52. SeekerSeeker ×3
    53. Wind
    54. SeekerSeeker
    55. Wind
    56. SeekerSeeker ×4
    57. Wind
    58. SeekerSeeker ×2
    59. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft ×2
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    62. Converter
    63. Hovercraft PlatformEat Hovercraft Platformreclaimed for its metal
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:47 · typical 8:01
    66. Converter
    67. Wind ×2
    68. MauserMauser
    69. Wind
    70. MauserMauser
    71. Wind ×2
    72. MauserMauser
    73. Wind
    74. MauserMauser
    75. Wind ×2
    76. MauserMauser ×2
    77. Wind ×2
    78. MauserMauser
    79. Wind
    80. MauserMauser
    81. Wind
    82. MauserMauser
    83. Wind ×2
    84. MauserMauser
    85. Wind ×2
    86. StarlightStarlightdone 12:24 · typical 9:03
    87. Wind ×4
    88. StarlightStarlight
    89. Wind ×4
    90. StarlightStarlight
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. UmbraJammer
    96. Wind ×2
    97. ProphetRadar vehicle
    98. Wind ×2
    99. JaguarJaguar
    100. Wind ×2
    101. JaguarJaguar
    102. Wind ×2
    103. JaguarJaguar
    104. Wind ×2
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. Wind
    107. JaguarJaguar
    108. Wind ×2
    109. JaguarJaguar
    110. Wind ×2
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. Wind
    113. JaguarJaguar
    114. Wind ×2
    115. JaguarJaguar
    116. Wind
    117. JaguarJaguar
    118. Wind
    119. JaguarJaguar
    120. Wind
    121. JaguarJaguar
    122. Converter
    123. JaguarJaguar
    124. Wind
    125. JaguarJaguar
    126. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (40 OS, 14/10/2026); 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 87% 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 4:52 · 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1537 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267000
5:00369400
6:00563800
7:00802600
8:001134600
9:00144064384
10:0017280472198
11:00201251745520
12:002299536181605
13:002573558372970
14:002858982394432
15:0031360101725586
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

Viltrum

40.3 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
4963 metal received · 58525 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=1536
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1528
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1528
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1486
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:41 · n=1112
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1421
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=1284

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