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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy opening leading into T2 constructor and Starlight units sent to front as the team's first T2 push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #push · 762 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 857 · 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 762 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 · 5 steps
    1. Tidal ×8for Suicide front
    2. Tidal ×2
    3. Mex ×4
    4. Energy storage
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 3:06 · 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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. PawnPawn ×2
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 4:55
    13. Wind
  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 (47%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Mexfor Suicide front
    3. Wind
    4. Mexfor Suicide front
    5. Wind
    6. Mexfor Suicide front
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:48
    9. PawnPawn ×4
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Wind
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:05
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Wind ×2
  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 (49%) · 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 · 217 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Converter
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Wind
    11. NettleNettle ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. NettleNettle
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Con turret
    44. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:37
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Con turret
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:57
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. TickTick
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. TickTick
    57. Wind
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. TickTick
    63. Wind
    64. TickTick
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. TickTick
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. TickTick
    71. Wind
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. TickTick
    74. Wind ×2
    75. TickTick
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Wind
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Construction BotCon bot
    82. TickTick
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Wind ×2
    87. TickTick
    88. Construction BotCon bot
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick
    94. Construction BotCon bot
    95. Wind
    96. Construction BotCon bot
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. TickTick
    104. Construction BotCon bot
    105. TickTick
    106. Con turret
    107. TickTick
    108. Construction BotCon bot
    109. Wind
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. Con turret
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind ×2
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×3
    120. Wind ×2
    121. TickTick
    122. Wind
    123. TickTick
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick ×4
    126. Wind ×2
    127. TickTick ×4
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Wind
    131. Con turret
    132. TickTick ×2
    133. Wind
    134. TickTick ×3
    135. Wind
    136. Con turret
    137. TickTick
    138. Wind
    139. TickTick ×2
    140. Con turret
    141. TickTick ×4
    142. Wind
    143. TickTick ×4
    144. Wind
    145. TickTick ×3
    146. Wind ×2
    147. TickTick ×2
    148. Con turret
    149. TickTick
    150. Converter
    151. TickTick
    152. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:27
    153. TickTick
    154. Wind ×2
    155. TickTick
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick
    158. Wind ×2
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. Con turret
    161. Wind ×3
    162. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:37
    163. TickTick ×2
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. PrevailerPrevailernot finished by 15:00
    167. TickTick ×2
    168. Wind
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Con turret
    173. TickTick ×2
    174. Wind ×2
    175. TickTick ×4
    176. Converter
    177. Wind
    178. TickTick ×2
    179. Wind
    180. Con turret
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. Con turret
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind ×3
    185. TickTick ×5
    186. Wind
    187. TickTick ×3
    188. Wind
    189. TickTick ×4
    190. Converter
    191. TickTick ×3
    192. Converter
    193. TickTick ×6
    194. Wind ×2
    195. TickTick ×10
    196. Wind ×2
    197. TickTick ×4
    198. OverseerOverseernot finished by 15:00
    199. Wind
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. Wind
    202. Con turret
    203. TickTick ×3
    204. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    205. TickTick
    206. Converter
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. Converter
    210. Con turret
    211. TickTick ×2
    212. Wind
    213. TickTick ×2
    214. Wind
    215. TickTick
    216. Wind
    217. TickTick ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Graceful's (38 OS, 30/09/2026); 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 87% 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

857 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270600
5:00372900
6:00572000
7:00814000
8:0011502021
9:001450952130
10:0017425627320
11:00204052075790
12:002330539821933
13:002611260863295
14:002900184934700
15:0031601103396090
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

Graceful

37.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1106 metal received · 59165 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=856
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=853
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=617
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=816
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:47 · n=777
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=682

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