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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:17 · typical 3:26
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter ×3
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:10 · typical 5:34
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind ×10
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. PrudePrudedone 6:48
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:50 · 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 · 163 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:25 · typical 8:07
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×2
    11. ProphetRadar vehicle
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind
    16. UmbraJammer
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Converter
    19. StarlightStarlightdone 8:20 · typical 9:03
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×4
    28. StarlightStarlight
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×3
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×5
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:06
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    41. Wind
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind ×2
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. Metal storage
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Wind
    49. BlitzBlitz
    50. Wind
    51. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:57
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Con turret
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×3
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz ×2
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz ×2
    64. Wind ×2
    65. BlitzBlitz ×2
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz ×2
    68. Wind ×2
    69. BlitzBlitz ×2
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz ×2
    74. Wind
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. BlitzBlitz
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz ×3
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Con turret
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz ×4
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz ×2
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz ×2
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. Wind ×2
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz ×3
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz ×3
    111. Converter
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz ×3
    117. Wind ×2
    118. BlitzBlitz ×6
    119. Con turret
    120. Wind
    121. BlitzBlitz
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz ×3
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz ×3
    126. Wind
    127. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:03
    128. BlitzBlitz ×2
    129. Con turret
    130. Wind ×4
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Converter
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. BlitzBlitz ×2
    139. Wind ×4
    140. BlitzBlitz ×2
    141. Wind
    142. BlitzBlitz
    143. Converter
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. BlitzBlitz ×3
    148. Wind ×2
    149. BlitzBlitz
    150. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    151. BlitzBlitz ×2
    152. Wind
    153. Con turret
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×3
    160. BlitzBlitz ×2
    161. Wind ×3
    162. Converter
    163. Wind ×2

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 ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
301 metal received · 129050 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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