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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Con turret
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Energy storage
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:42 · typical 3:26
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×8
  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 · 1 step
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:21 · 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 · 135 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:51 · typical 5:34
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. GroundhogGroundhog
    21. Wind ×2
    22. PrudePrudedone 8:15
    23. Wind
    24. BeaverBeaver
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Light MineLight Mine
    28. Wind
    29. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    30. Wind
    31. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    34. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:17 · typical 8:05
    35. Light MineLight Mine
    36. Wind
    37. Light MineLight Mine
    38. Wind
    39. Medium MineMedium Mine
    40. Wind
    41. Medium MineMedium Mine
    42. Wind
    43. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Medium MineMedium Mine
    46. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    47. JunoJuno
    48. Medium MineMedium Mine
    49. BeholderBeholder
    50. Mexfor Suicide front
    51. Medium MineMedium Mine
    52. ConsulConsul
    53. Medium MineMedium Mine
    54. ProphetRadar vehicle
    55. Medium MineMedium Mine
    56. UmbraJammerfor Suicide front
    57. Wind
    58. UmbraJammer
    59. Medium MineMedium Mine
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. UmbraJammer
    63. Medium MineMedium Mine
    64. Converter
    65. StarlightStarlightdone 10:32 · typical 9:01
    66. BeholderBeholder
    67. Wind
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    69. StarlightStarlight
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Medium MineMedium Mine
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. Medium MineMedium Mine
    75. Converter
    76. Medium MineMedium Mine
    77. Wind
    78. StarlightStarlight
    79. Medium MineMedium Mine
    80. Wind
    81. Medium MineMedium Mine
    82. Wind
    83. Medium MineMedium Mine
    84. ShredderShredderdone 11:40
    85. Wind
    86. Medium MineMedium Mine
    87. ShredderShredder
    88. Medium MineMedium Mine
    89. Wind
    90. ShredderShredder
    91. Medium MineMedium Mine
    92. ShredderShredder
    93. Wind
    94. ShredderShredder
    95. Medium MineMedium Mine
    96. Wind
    97. Medium MineMedium Mine
    98. Wind
    99. Medium MineMedium Mine
    100. Wind
    101. StarlightStarlight
    102. Medium MineMedium Mine
    103. Wind
    104. Medium MineMedium Mine
    105. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexnot finished by 15:00
    106. StarlightStarlight
    107. Medium MineMedium Mine
    108. Wind
    109. Medium MineMedium Mine
    110. StarlightStarlight
    111. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Medium MineMedium Mine
    114. Wind
    115. StarlightStarlight
    116. Medium MineMedium Mine
    117. Wind
    118. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:32
    119. Medium MineMedium Mine
    120. Wind
    121. Medium MineMedium Mine
    122. StarlightStarlight
    123. Wind
    124. Medium MineMedium Mine
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. Wind
    127. Medium MineMedium Mine
    128. Wind ×2
    129. T2 converter
    130. ProphetRadar vehicle
    131. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    132. Wind
    133. UmbraJammer
    134. Wind
    135. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

0neTw0

41.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
2697 metal received · 74171 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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