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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:28 · typical 3:26
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Con turret ×3
    12. Energy storage
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×3
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:09 · typical 5:34
    19. Converter ×3
  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 · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. BeamerBeamer
    3. Con turret
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:53 · 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 · 109 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. BlitzBlitz ×2for Suicide front
    5. BlitzBlitz
    6. BlitzBlitz ×5for Suicide front
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Con turret
    9. BlitzBlitz ×7for Suicide front
    10. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:22 · typical 7:06
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:27
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. StormbringerBomber
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. StormbringerBomber
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. StormbringerBomber
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. StormbringerBomber
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. StormbringerBomber
    34. Wind
    35. StormbringerBomber ×2
    36. Wind
    37. StormbringerBomber
    38. Wind
    39. StormbringerBomber
    40. Wind
    41. StormbringerBomber ×2
    42. Wind
    43. StormbringerBomber
    44. Wind
    45. StormbringerBomber
    46. Wind
    47. StormbringerBomber
    48. Wind
    49. StormbringerBomber
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. StormbringerBomber
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. StormbringerBomber
    57. Wind
    58. StormbringerBomber
    59. FalconFighter
    60. Wind
    61. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:06
    62. FalconFighter ×14
    63. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    64. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 11:16 · typical 8:09
    65. UmbraJammer
    66. ProphetRadar vehicle
    67. StarlightStarlight ×2done 11:43 · typical 9:06
    68. JaguarJaguar
    69. Con turret
    70. JaguarJaguar
    71. Con turret
    72. JaguarJaguar ×7
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. UmbraJammer
    80. Wind
    81. ProphetRadar vehicle
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. StarlightStarlight
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind ×2
    89. StarlightStarlight
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Wind
    97. Converter
    98. JaguarJaguar
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. Wind ×2
    102. JaguarJaguar
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. JaguarJaguar
    107. Converter
    108. JaguarJaguar
    109. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (36 OS, 21/09/2026); 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

PongoPygmaeus

35.9 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
373 metal received · 66555 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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