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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy build: Bot Lab into Geothermal, Advanced Metal Extractor and a Vehicle Plant into Advanced Geothermal, transitioning into T2 constructor and Starlights to supply front and allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 848 distinct matches · 119 players · 56% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 956 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 848 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 ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:51 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:56 · typical 1:09
  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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×4
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex ×2
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Energy storage
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:08 · typical 3:27
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    12. Con turret ×3
    13. Converter ×3
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×5
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:22 · typical 5:35
    21. Wind
    22. 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 58% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:34
    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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:28 · typical 7:09
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:46 · 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
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Jaguar (33%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 54 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:18 · typical 8:03
    3. StarlightStarlight ×2done 7:41 · typical 9:02
    4. Converter
    5. StarlightStarlight
    6. Converter ×2
    7. UmbraJammer
    8. Converter
    9. ProphetRadar vehicle
    10. Converter
    11. Energy storage
    12. StarlightStarlight
    13. Converter ×2
    14. StarlightStarlight
    15. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    18. Wind ×4
    19. ShredderShredderdone 9:56
    20. Wind ×3
    21. ShredderShredder
    22. Wind ×4
    23. ShredderShredder
    24. Wind ×3
    25. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    26. Wind ×7
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Wind ×7
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. Wind ×9
    31. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:04
    32. Metal storage
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    35. Wind
    36. Con turret ×2
    37. Wind
    38. T2 converter
    39. Con turret ×2
    40. Wind ×7
    41. Fusion ReactorFusion
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. T2 converter
    45. Con turret
    46. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:49
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. TracerTracer
    50. Wind ×3
    51. PrudePrudedone 14:46
    52. Wind
    53. Fusion ReactorFusion
    54. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zus's (37 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 2:27 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:45 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 94% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

956 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082000
3:00153000
4:00269400
5:00372100
6:00565800
7:00810200
8:0011503042
9:001453854130
10:0017434536260
11:00203841955668
12:002325139251832
13:002607360253207
14:002899784604584
15:0031759105605969
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Zus

37.2 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1899 metal received · 49304 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=955
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=953
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=949
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=922
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=684
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:39–8:38 · n=877
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:31–9:44 · n=777

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