Geo / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 709 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 800 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

0:03Open mex and wind into Bot Lab.
2:25Rush geothermal for the early energy spike.
5:34Add Advanced Metal Extractor, then Advanced Geothermal by 7:07.
7:07Bring up Vehicle Plant alongside T2 con for "Starlight" and vehicles.
9:19+Funnel "Starlight" and T1 vehicles to front, pay allies with cons and "Lazarus".

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 709 GAMES

1
20:55
35:00
47:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 2Mex
- 4Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 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. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:38Wind ×4
3. 1:02Bot Labdone 1:19 · typical 1:12
2
Bot Lab to 5:00
0:55 – 5:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 3Wind
- 8Converter
- 1Energy storage
Order
1. Geo ~2:38after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storage
Builders
- 5 Con turret
- 4 Lazarus
- 2 Con bot
- 1 Con bot for allies
- 1 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. 1:19Tick ×2
2. 1:28Lazarus
3. 1:35Con botfor Beach sea
4. 1:36Wind ×4
5. 1:57Lazarus
6. 2:02Pawn
7. 2:09Lazarusfor Beach sea
8. 2:16Con botfor Front
9. 2:25Mex
10. 2:25Lazarus
11. 2:33Con bot
12. 2:41Lazarus
13. 2:46Mexfor Front
14. 2:51Geodone 4:06 · typical 3:26
15. 2:53Lazarus
16. 3:08Con bot
17. 3:08Wind
18. 4:19Con turret
19. 4:27Converter ×3
20. 4:46T2 mexdone 5:30 · typical 5:34
21. 4:53Con turret
22. 4:54Converter
3
5:00 to Vehicle Plant
5:00 – 7:00
Order
1. Advanced Geothermal Powerplant ~6:04after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 59% of games
2. Vehicle Plant ~7:00after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:42–7:41
Builders
- 1 Con turret
Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (48%)
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 · 10 steps
1. 5:04Con turret ×2
2. 5:28T2 mex
3. 5:43Converter
4. 5:49T2 mex
5. 5:52Converter
6. 5:56Con turret ×2
7. 6:20Advanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:38 · typical 7:06
8. 6:26Con turret
9. 6:38T2 mex
10. 6:59Vehicle Plantdone 7:41 · typical 7:07
4
Vehicle Plant to 10:00
7:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 5Wind
- 3Converter
Order
1. Advanced Vehicle Plant ~7:33after 11 wind, 11 converter, 7 con turret
Builders
- 1 Con vehicle
Army
- 2 Starlight
- 1 Jammer
- 1 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 · 177 steps
1. 7:30Radar Tower
2. 7:39Dragon's Teeth
3. 7:41Vehicle Plantdone 7:45
4. 7:41Dragon's Teeth ×2
5. 7:45Converter
6. 7:47Con vehicle
7. 7:48Converter
8. 7:48Dragon's Teeth
9. 7:52Converter
10. 7:52Dragon's Teeth
11. 7:52Blitz ×2
12. 7:54Converter
13. 7:55Dragon's Teeth
14. 7:57Blitz ×2
15. 7:59Converter
16. 8:00Dragon's Teeth
17. 8:01Blitz ×2
18. 8:04Converter
19. 8:04Dragon's Teeth
20. 8:04Blitz ×2
21. 8:08Dragon's Teeth
22. 8:08Blitz ×2
23. 8:10Converter
24. 8:12Dragon's Teeth
25. 8:12Blitz
26. 8:13Wind
27. 8:13Blitz ×2
28. 8:16Dragon's Teeth
29. 8:17Converter
30. 8:17Blitz ×3
31. 8:20Dragon's Teeth
32. 8:22Blitz
33. 8:24Converter
34. 8:24Blitz
35. 8:24Dragon's Teeth
36. 8:25Blitz ×2
37. 8:29Dragon's Teeth
38. 8:29Blitz ×2
39. 8:32Converter
40. 8:32Wind
41. 8:32Blitz
42. 8:33Dragon's Teeth
43. 8:34Blitz ×7
44. 8:44Converter
45. 8:45Blitz ×5
46. 8:53Wind
47. 8:53Blitz ×2
48. 8:55Converter
49. 8:55Blitz ×3
50. 9:02Blitzfor Beach sea
51. 9:04Converter
52. 9:04Blitz ×4for Beach sea
53. 9:12Wind
54. 9:14Blitz ×3for Beach sea
55. 9:17Converter
56. 9:18Blitz ×2for Beach sea
57. 9:22Blitz ×2
58. 9:25Converter
59. 9:26Blitz ×3
60. 9:30Wind
61. 9:30Blitz ×3for Pond
62. 9:36Converter
63. 9:36Blitzfor Pond
64. 9:38Sentry
65. 9:38Blitzfor Pond
66. 9:40Blitz ×3
67. 9:47Converter
68. 9:47Blitz
69. 9:48Wind
70. 9:48Blitz ×8
71. 10:00Converter
72. 10:01Blitz
73. 10:03Pit Bull
74. 10:03Blitz ×3
75. 10:09Wind
76. 10:12Blitz ×2
77. 10:15Converter
78. 10:18Wind
79. 10:18Blitz ×3
80. 10:25Sentry
81. 10:25Wind
82. 10:28Blitz
83. 10:30Converter
84. 10:34Wind
85. 10:35Blitz
86. 10:37Wind
87. 10:39Converter
88. 10:39Blitz ×2
89. 10:43Sentry
90. 10:45Wind
91. 10:46Blitz ×2
92. 10:51Converter
93. 10:51Wind
94. 10:52Blitz ×2
95. 10:58Sentry
96. 10:58Blitz
97. 10:58Wind
98. 11:00Converter
99. 11:01Blitz
100. 11:03Wind
101. 11:04Blitz
102. 11:07Wind
103. 11:07Blitz
104. 11:09Sentry
105. 11:10Blitz ×2
106. 11:13Wind ×2
107. 11:16Blitz
108. 11:17Converter
109. 11:18Blitz
110. 11:21Wind
111. 11:23Con vehicle
112. 11:25Wind
113. 11:28Con vehicle
114. 11:31Converter
115. 11:33Con vehicle
116. 11:35Wind ×2
117. 11:39Metal storage
118. 11:44Wind
119. 11:45Con turret
120. 11:50Wind
121. 11:50Con turret
122. 11:58Wind ×5
123. 12:19Advanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:35 · typical 8:07
124. 12:20Wind ×3
125. 12:39Jammer
126. 12:40Wind
127. 12:44Radar vehicle
128. 12:45Wind
129. 12:48Starlightdone 13:02 · typical 9:03
130. 12:50Wind ×2
131. 13:05Starlight
132. 13:05Dragon's Teeth ×2
133. 13:10Wind
134. 13:12Dragon's Teeth ×3
135. 13:20Wind
136. 13:21Starlight
137. 13:22Dragon's Teeth
138. 13:23Wind
139. 13:26Dragon's Teeth
140. 13:26Wind
141. 13:29Dragon's Teeth ×2
142. 13:33Wind
143. 13:38Dragon's Teeth
144. 13:39Wind
145. 13:39Starlight
146. 13:42Dragon's Teeth
147. 13:42Wind
148. 13:46Dragon's Teeth ×3
149. 13:54Wind
150. 13:56Starlight
151. 13:57Wind
152. 13:59Dragon's Teeth ×2
153. 14:04Wind
154. 14:07Dragon's Teeth ×2
155. 14:12Wind
156. 14:13T2 con vehicle
157. 14:15Wind
158. 14:16Dragon's Teeth ×2
159. 14:22Jaguar
160. 14:24Wind
161. 14:24Dragon's Teeth
162. 14:27Jaguar
163. 14:28Wind
164. 14:32Jaguar
165. 14:33Wind
166. 14:36Jaguar
167. 14:38Wind
168. 14:41Jaguar
169. 14:42Wind
170. 14:45Jaguar
171. 14:47Wind
172. 14:50Jaguar
173. 14:51Wind
174. 14:55Jaguar
175. 14:56Wind
176. 14:58Bot Labnot finished by 15:00
177. 14:59Jaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (39 OS, 08/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 78% of games
1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:31 · in 88% of games
1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 62% of games

You get

1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 35% of games
1 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

800 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	333	0	0
2:00	826	0	0
3:00	1527	0	0
4:00	2700	0	0
5:00	3728	0	0
6:00	5728	0	0
7:00	8145	0	0
8:00	11494	0	21
9:00	14510	51	130
10:00	17421	615	320
11:00	20401	2076	790
12:00	23336	4022	1927
13:00	26079	6190	3323
14:00	28995	8523	4783
15:00	31544	10385	6248

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

ManBearPig_

39.1 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
5041 metal received · 47961 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=799

Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=798

Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=797

Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=578

Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:42–7:41 · n=761

Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:51 · n=723

Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:31–9:53 · n=634

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Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to 5:00

5:00 to Vehicle Plant

Vehicle Plant to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

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Typical milestones

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