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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 ~1:11, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:54 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 1:11
  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 · 29 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:52 · typical 3:26
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×4
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Con turret
    25. Energy storage
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Converter ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:19 · 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 59% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:38
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 6:59 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:52 · typical 7:08
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. SentrySentry ×3
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:08 · typical 7:07
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (49%) · Jaguar (32%)

    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 · 157 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:48 · typical 8:05
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    9. Con turret
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    11. JaguarJaguar
    12. Wind
    13. JaguarJaguar
    14. Wind
    15. JaguarJaguar
    16. Wind
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. MauserMauser
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. MauserMauser
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Converter
    26. MauserMauser
    27. Wind
    28. MauserMauser
    29. Wind
    30. UmbraJammer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. ProphetRadar vehicle
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:01
    36. JaguarJaguar
    37. Wind ×2
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Wind
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. Wind
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. StarlightStarlight
    44. NettleNettle ×2
    45. Converter
    46. NettleNettle ×2
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. NettleNettle
    49. Converter
    50. NettleNettle
    51. StarlightStarlight
    52. Converter
    53. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:29
    54. TickTick
    55. NettleNettle
    56. TickTick ×2
    57. NettleNettle
    58. Converter
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. StarlightStarlight
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Converter
    63. NettleNettle
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. NettleNettle
    66. TickTick
    67. SentrySentry
    68. TickTick ×2
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. SentrySentry
    72. Converter
    73. TickTick ×3
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. TickTick
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. TickTick
    80. SentrySentry
    81. TickTick
    82. Converter
    83. JaguarJaguar
    84. TickTick
    85. JaguarJaguar
    86. TickTick ×2
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. JaguarJaguar
    91. TickTick
    92. Converter
    93. JaguarJaguar
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. JaguarJaguar
    97. TickTick ×2
    98. JaguarJaguar
    99. StarlightStarlight
    100. TickTick
    101. Converter
    102. TickTick ×5
    103. JaguarJaguar
    104. TickTick ×2
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. TickTick ×2
    107. Converter
    108. TickTick ×2
    109. JaguarJaguar
    110. TickTick ×3
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. JaguarJaguar
    114. TickTick ×3
    115. JaguarJaguar
    116. TickTick
    117. StarlightStarlight
    118. TickTick ×3
    119. Converter
    120. TickTick ×5
    121. JaguarJaguar
    122. TickTick
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. JaguarJaguar
    126. TickTick
    127. Converter
    128. TickTick
    129. StarlightStarlight
    130. TickTick
    131. JaguarJaguar
    132. Converter
    133. TickTick
    134. JaguarJaguar
    135. TickTick
    136. JaguarJaguar
    137. TickTick ×2
    138. Converter
    139. TickTick
    140. JaguarJaguar
    141. TickTick
    142. Converter
    143. TickTick
    144. JaguarJaguar
    145. TickTick
    146. JaguarJaguar
    147. TickTick
    148. Converter
    149. TickTick ×2
    150. JaguarJaguar
    151. TickTick ×2
    152. JaguarJaguar
    153. TickTick ×3
    154. BullBulldone 14:56
    155. TickTick ×7
    156. BullBull
    157. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:18 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

[Grump]Matsuri

39.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
4572 metal received · 264353 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:11Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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