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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 660 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · 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 660 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:29 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    13. Converter
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:36 · typical 3:26
    15. Con turret ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Energy storage
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:33 · typical 5:34
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    4. Wind ×2
    5. PrudePrude ×2not finished by 15:00
    6. Wind
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:34 · 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, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 232 steps
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:39
    2. Wind
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. Energy storage
    5. BlitzBlitz ×25
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. BlitzBlitz ×2
    8. Converter
    9. BlitzBlitz
    10. Converter
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Converter ×2
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. Converter ×2
    15. BlitzBlitz ×3
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. Wind ×7
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    24. RoverScout
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:47 · typical 8:09
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind ×4
    30. RoverScout
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind ×2
    34. RoverScout
    35. Wind ×2
    36. StarlightStarlightdone 10:06 · typical 9:06
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind ×3
    40. RoverScout
    41. Wind ×2
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind ×3
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Wind ×3
    46. RoverScout
    47. Wind ×3
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind ×2
    50. UmbraJammer
    51. Wind ×2
    52. RoverScout
    53. Wind
    54. ProphetRadar vehicle
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×4
    57. RoverScout
    58. Wind ×4
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind ×4
    61. RoverScout
    62. Wind ×5
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×3
    65. RoverScout
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. Wind
    70. RoverScout
    71. Converter
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    74. Wind
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. RoverScout
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. Converter ×2
    81. StarlightStarlight
    82. Wind
    83. RoverScout
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Converter
    88. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:03
    89. Converter
    90. RoverScout
    91. SentrySentry ×2
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Converter
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. RoverScout
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Converter
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick ×3
    109. RoverScout
    110. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    111. TickTick
    112. JaguarJaguar
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Converter
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. AmbassadorAmbassador
    118. TickTick
    119. Converter
    120. RoverScout
    121. TickTick
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. TickTick
    124. Converter
    125. TickTick
    126. AmbassadorAmbassador
    127. RoverScout
    128. Converter
    129. TickTick
    130. BlitzBlitz
    131. TickTick
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick
    134. RoverScout
    135. TickTick
    136. AmbassadorAmbassador
    137. JaguarJaguar
    138. TickTick
    139. BlitzBlitz
    140. ShredderShredderdone 12:58
    141. TickTick
    142. Converter ×2
    143. TickTick
    144. RoverScout
    145. ShredderShredder
    146. TickTick ×2
    147. Converter
    148. BlitzBlitz
    149. Converter
    150. TickTick
    151. RoverScout
    152. TickTick
    153. ShredderShredder
    154. TickTick
    155. Converter ×2
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. TickTick
    158. ShredderShredder
    159. TickTick
    160. Converter
    161. TickTick
    162. Con turret
    163. Converter
    164. RoverScout
    165. TickTick ×2
    166. ShredderShredder
    167. BlitzBlitz
    168. TickTick
    169. Converter ×2
    170. TickTick
    171. RoverScout
    172. TickTick
    173. ShredderShredder
    174. TickTick
    175. Converter
    176. BlitzBlitz
    177. TickTick
    178. ShredderShredder
    179. TickTick
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick
    182. Converter
    183. RoverScout
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. ShredderShredder
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. TickTick
    188. Converter ×2
    189. TickTick
    190. RoverScout
    191. TickTick ×3
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick
    194. Converter
    195. TickTick ×2
    196. StarlightStarlight
    197. RoverScout
    198. TickTick
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. TickTick
    201. Converter
    202. TickTick
    203. RoverScout
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick ×2
    206. StarlightStarlight
    207. TickTick
    208. RoverScout
    209. TickTick
    210. BlitzBlitz
    211. TickTick
    212. Converter
    213. RoverScout
    214. TickTick
    215. BlitzBlitz
    216. TickTick
    217. Converter
    218. TickTick ×2
    219. AmbassadorAmbassador
    220. RoverScout
    221. TickTick
    222. BlitzBlitz
    223. Converter
    224. TickTick
    225. RoverScout
    226. TickTick ×2
    227. Converter
    228. BlitzBlitz
    229. TickTick ×4
    230. RoverScout
    231. TickTick
    232. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · 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

745 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00152300
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00572900
7:00813000
8:0011459021
9:001448951130
10:0017405565280
11:00203772074790
12:002330539401940
13:002606259613304
14:002898883214785
15:0031497101726196
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

37.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

62 received units · includes a constructor
235 metal received · 110118 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=744
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=743
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:56 · n=742
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=552
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:41 · n=705
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:09Middle 50%: 7:41–8:54 · n=669
Starlight9:06Middle 50%: 8:32–9:53 · n=583

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