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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 ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:54 · 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. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Energy storage
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:54 · typical 3:26
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. Con turret ×3
    16. Converter ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:09 · typical 5:34
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:45 · typical 7:06
    3. Con turret
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:52 · 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 · 106 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:32 · typical 8:09
    3. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    4. Converter ×2
    5. MauserMauser
    6. Converter
    7. UmbraJammer
    8. Converter
    9. ProphetRadar vehicle
    10. Converter
    11. MauserMauser
    12. Converter
    13. MauserMauser
    14. Converter
    15. JaguarJaguar
    16. Converter
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Converter
    19. JaguarJaguar
    20. Converter
    21. JaguarJaguar
    22. Converter
    23. JaguarJaguar
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. MauserMauser ×3
    28. ShredderShredderdone 9:18
    29. MauserMauser
    30. JaguarJaguar ×6
    31. Mex
    32. StarlightStarlightdone 10:17 · typical 9:06
    33. Mex
    34. JaguarJaguar ×2
    35. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    36. Mex
    37. ConsulConsul
    38. SentrySentry
    39. ConsulConsul
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    42. ShredderShredder
    43. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. ConsulConsul ×2
    46. ShredderShredder
    47. Con turret ×2
    48. ShredderShredder
    49. Con turret
    50. ConsulConsul
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. StarlightStarlight
    53. Con turret
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:59
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. StarlightStarlight
    57. TickTick
    58. Wind
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. PawnPawn
    61. TickTick
    62. StarlightStarlight
    63. Wind
    64. PawnPawn
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick
    67. PawnPawn
    68. Wind
    69. TickTick
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. TickTick
    73. Wind
    74. PawnPawn
    75. TickTick
    76. PawnPawn
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick
    83. PawnPawn
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. PawnPawn
    92. TickTick
    93. ShredderShredder
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    98. ShredderShredder
    99. TickTick
    100. Con turret
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. Con turret ×2
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. Con turret
    105. Fusion ReactorFusion
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DukeofStars's (55 OS, 23/09/2026); 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

DukeofStars

55.4 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

24 received units · includes a constructor
1571 metal received · 77774 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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