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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1325 distinct matches · 234 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1545 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1325 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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 · 26 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:56 · typical 3:29
    17. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Wind
    25. Metal storage
    26. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (49%) · wind (41%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 1 step
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:13 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 91 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:38
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:40 · typical 7:10
    17. Con turret ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:45
    20. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    21. Converter
    22. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:17 · typical 8:01
    23. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. UmbraJammer
    26. ProphetRadar vehicle
    27. Con turret
    28. Converter
    29. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle ×2for Front
    30. Con turret
    31. MauserMauser ×2
    32. Converter
    33. MauserMauser ×2
    34. SentrySentry
    35. ArbalestArbalest
    36. MauserMauser
    37. GremlinStealth tank
    38. SentrySentry
    39. GremlinStealth tank
    40. Converter
    41. GremlinStealth tank ×2
    42. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    43. SentrySentry
    44. GremlinStealth tank
    45. VeilVeil
    46. StarlightStarlightdone 10:36 · typical 9:03
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. TracerTracer
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Converter
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×16
    52. StarlightStarlight
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Converter
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    56. ArbalestArbalest
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    58. StarlightStarlight
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    60. Converter
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    62. Converter
    63. StarlightStarlight
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    65. Converter
    66. SentrySentry
    67. UmbraJammer
    68. SentrySentry
    69. StarlightStarlight
    70. Converter
    71. ProphetRadar vehicle
    72. JaguarJaguar ×4
    73. Converter
    74. JaguarJaguar ×4
    75. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    77. Converter
    78. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×5
    81. ProphetRadar vehicle
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    83. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    84. Con turret
    85. JaguarJaguar
    86. Converter
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. Con turret ×3
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Con turret ×2
    91. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sangheili_Major's (30 OS, 25/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · in 94% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1545 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267000
5:00369400
6:00563600
7:00802500
8:001134700
9:00144064384
10:0017275472194
11:00201231745520
12:002298936181605
13:002573358722970
14:002858682454420
15:0031355102015586
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Sangheili_Major

30.1 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2367 metal received · 185216 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1544
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1536
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1536
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1493
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1118
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1428
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:46 · n=1290

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