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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 · 801 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 901 · 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 801 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Converter
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Converter ×3
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:38 · typical 3:26
    15. Solar ×2
    16. Con turret ×5
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Energy storage
    23. 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 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 · 11 steps
    1. Metal storage
    2. Converter ×4
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:54 · typical 5:34
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Converter ×3
    7. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:22 · typical 7:08
    8. Converter
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Converter ×3
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:26 · 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 · 91 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:05
    4. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:52
    5. Converter
    6. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:02
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. BlinkScout plane ×2
    9. StormbringerBomber
    10. Converter
    11. StormbringerBomber ×2
    12. Converter
    13. StormbringerBomber ×4
    14. Converter
    15. StormbringerBomber ×3
    16. NettleNettle
    17. StormbringerBomber ×4
    18. BlinkScout plane ×2
    19. FalconFighter
    20. Converter
    21. FalconFighter ×2
    22. Converter
    23. FalconFighter
    24. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:19
    25. FalconFighter
    26. Converter
    27. FalconFighter
    28. Converter ×3
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. TracerTracer
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. StarlightStarlightdone 10:15 · typical 9:01
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    42. Wind
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind ×2
    45. UmbraJammer
    46. ProphetRadar vehicle
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Converter
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter ×2
    51. Wind ×2
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. StarlightStarlight
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. ConsulConsulfor Beach sea
    60. Wind
    61. StarlightStarlight
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. StarlightStarlight
    67. Converter
    68. ShredderShredderdone 11:46
    69. Wind
    70. ShredderShredder
    71. Wind
    72. ShredderShredder
    73. Wind
    74. ShredderShredder
    75. Wind
    76. ShredderShredder ×2
    77. Wind
    78. StarlightStarlight
    79. ConsulConsulfor Tech
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Wind
    82. JaguarJaguar ×3
    83. Wind
    84. JaguarJaguar ×3
    85. Wind ×2
    86. JaguarJaguar
    87. Wind
    88. JaguarJaguar ×3
    89. Wind
    90. JaguarJaguar ×2
    91. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 88% 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

901 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00269800
5:00372500
6:00567500
7:00812200
8:0011485021
9:001449651129
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002326839401876
13:002605060073262
14:002894284044635
15:0031601104086061
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

zeus_on_god

38.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
860 metal received · 69242 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=900
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=898
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=895
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=860
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:36 · n=645
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=820
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:48 · n=723

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