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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 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 749 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 843 · 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 749 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 0:55 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 · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Energy storage
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Converter
    9. Mex
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:18 · typical 3:26
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret ×3
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×5
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×2
  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 6:41–7:40
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (48%)

    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 · 29 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Energy storage
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind ×5
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×7
    11. Converter
    12. Wind ×3
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:41 · typical 5:33
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. PrudePrudedone 7:41
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind ×3
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:51 · 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 · 106 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:26 · typical 8:07
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. StarlightStarlightdone 8:56 · typical 9:02
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter
    12. ProphetRadar vehicle
    13. JaguarJaguarfor Beach sea
    14. Converter
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. Converter ×2
    17. UmbraJammer
    18. Converter
    19. StarlightStarlight
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Beach sea
    22. Converter
    23. StarlightStarlight
    24. Converter ×2
    25. StarlightStarlight
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Converter
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Converter
    34. JaguarJaguar
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. JaguarJaguar ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. ShredderShredderdone 11:02
    44. Converter
    45. ShredderShredder
    46. Wind
    47. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:52
    48. Converter
    49. ShredderShredder
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Converter
    52. ShredderShredder
    53. Wind
    54. TracerTracer
    55. Converter
    56. ShredderShredder
    57. StarlightStarlight
    58. ConsulConsul
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. PlatypusPlatypus
    63. Wind ×3
    64. PlatypusPlatypus
    65. Wind ×2
    66. PlatypusPlatypus
    67. Wind ×2
    68. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. PlatypusPlatypus
    72. Wind ×9
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×5
    75. PlatypusPlatypus
    76. Wind
    77. PlatypusPlatypus
    78. Converter
    79. Wind
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind
    85. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Wind
    90. PlatypusPlatypus
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Wind
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Metal storage
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Wind ×2
    105. PlatypusPlatypus
    106. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Erilium's (44 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:30 · 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 4:19 · in 34% 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

843 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816600
8:0011505021
9:001453251130
10:0017435630320
11:00204162108831
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

Erilium

44.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
2576 metal received · 164068 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=842
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=841
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=840
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=604
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=803
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=765
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=669

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