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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 1:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:36 · typical 3:26
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. PawnPawn
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Energy storage
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×3
    25. Con turret
  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 · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:41 · typical 5:34
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:09 · typical 7:07
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:01 · 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 · 73 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:51 · typical 8:07
    5. Converter ×5
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. Converter ×2
    8. StarlightStarlightdone 8:24 · typical 9:03
    9. Converter ×3
    10. Wind
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×2
    18. StarlightStarlight
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind ×6
    26. JaguarJaguar
    27. Wind ×2
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind ×3
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. JaguarJaguar
    35. Wind ×2
    36. JaguarJaguar
    37. Wind ×4
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Wind ×2
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. Wind ×4
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Wind ×3
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Wind ×2
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind ×3
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind ×2
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Wind ×3
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind ×4
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind ×3
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind ×3
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. JaguarJaguar
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is mnt's (36 OS, 25/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · 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

mnt

36.0 OS · 25/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2118 metal received · 28485 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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