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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 · 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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Energy storage
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:18 · typical 3:26
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Con turret ×3
    14. Mexfor Beach sea
    15. Con turret ×3
    16. Mexfor Beach sea
    17. Energy storage
    18. Converter ×2
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Converter ×3
  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 · 7 steps
    1. Converter ×9
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:49 · typical 5:34
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:23 · typical 7:07
    6. SentrySentry ×3
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:31 · 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, 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 · 117 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×4
    2. Mex
    3. BlitzBlitz ×3
    4. SentrySentry
    5. BlitzBlitz ×4
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. BlitzBlitz ×9
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:38
    9. BlitzBlitz ×3
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. BlitzBlitz ×2
    12. SentrySentry
    13. BlitzBlitz ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    18. SentrySentry ×3
    19. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:51 · typical 8:07
    20. SentrySentry
    21. UmbraJammer
    22. ProphetRadar vehicle
    23. StarlightStarlightdone 10:25 · typical 9:03
    24. Con turret ×2
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Con turret
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Tech
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. StarlightStarlight
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. StarlightStarlight
    47. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:14
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×3
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Wind ×2
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. BlitzBlitz
    60. Wind
    61. BlitzBlitz
    62. Wind
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:51
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Wind
    67. BlitzBlitz ×2
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz ×2
    72. UmbraJammer
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. ProphetRadar vehicle
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Wind
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. SentrySentry
    88. StarlightStarlight
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind
    92. SentrySentry
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. SentrySentry
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. Wind
    102. BlitzBlitz ×4
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×4
    107. UmbraJammer
    108. Wind
    109. BlitzBlitz ×2
    110. Wind
    111. ProphetRadar vehicle
    112. BlitzBlitz ×3
    113. Wind
    114. StarlightStarlight
    115. BlitzBlitz ×2
    116. Wind
    117. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (44 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

DRM

44.1 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
743 metal received · 49929 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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