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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 ×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
    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 · 21 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Mex ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Energy storage
    9. Con turret
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:37 · typical 3:26
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×5
    13. Metal storage
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Wind
  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 · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:17 · typical 5:34
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. PrudePrudedone 6:16
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:25 · 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 · 143 steps
    1. BeaverBeaver
    2. GroundhogGroundhog
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:09 · typical 8:09
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Light MineLight Mine
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    8. Light MineLight Mine
    9. Wind
    10. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    11. ConsulConsul
    12. Wind
    13. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    14. ProphetRadar vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. Light MineLight Mine
    17. Wind
    18. Light MineLight Mine
    19. UmbraJammer
    20. Light MineLight Mine
    21. Wind
    22. MauserMauser
    23. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    24. MauserMauser
    25. Wind
    26. MauserMauser
    27. Wind
    28. MauserMauser
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. MauserMauser
    31. Wind
    32. StarlightStarlightdone 8:36 · typical 9:06
    33. Wind ×2
    34. StarlightStarlight
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Medium MineMedium Mine
    37. Wind
    38. StarlightStarlight
    39. Medium MineMedium Mine
    40. Wind
    41. BeholderBeholder
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. Medium MineMedium Mine
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Medium MineMedium Mine
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Medium MineMedium Mine
    51. StarlightStarlight
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Medium MineMedium Mine
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Medium MineMedium Mine
    58. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    59. Converter
    60. Wind
    61. Medium MineMedium Mine
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Medium MineMedium Mine
    64. Wind
    65. StarlightStarlight
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Medium MineMedium Mine
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Medium MineMedium Mine
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Medium MineMedium Mine
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Medium MineMedium Mine
    74. JunoJuno
    75. ProphetRadar vehicle
    76. Wind
    77. Medium MineMedium Mine
    78. UmbraJammer
    79. Wind
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Medium MineMedium Mine
    82. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:25
    83. Wind
    84. Medium MineMedium Mine
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. Medium MineMedium Mine
    89. TickTick ×4
    90. Wind
    91. TickTick ×2
    92. Medium MineMedium Mine
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexdone 14:08
    99. Medium MineMedium Mine
    100. TickTick ×3
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×3
    103. Medium MineMedium Mine
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick ×5
    107. Medium MineMedium Mine
    108. TickTick ×6
    109. Medium MineMedium Mine
    110. TickTick
    111. StarlightStarlight
    112. TickTick ×6
    113. Medium MineMedium Mine
    114. TickTick ×6
    115. Medium MineMedium Mine
    116. TickTick ×7
    117. Medium MineMedium Mine
    118. TickTick ×6
    119. Medium MineMedium Mine
    120. TickTick ×7
    121. Medium MineMedium Mine
    122. StarlightStarlight
    123. TickTick ×6
    124. Medium MineMedium Mine
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. LazarusLazarus ×2
    127. Medium MineMedium Mine
    128. LazarusLazarus ×2
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. Medium MineMedium Mine
    131. TickTick ×8
    132. BeholderBeholder
    133. TickTick ×7
    134. StarlightStarlight
    135. TickTick ×5
    136. BeholderBeholder
    137. TickTick ×21
    138. BeholderBeholder
    139. TickTick ×4
    140. StarlightStarlight
    141. TickTick ×8
    142. StarlightStarlight
    143. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 20/09/2026); 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

0neTw0

40.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2200 metal received · 190380 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

Played most by

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