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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 1:01 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2for Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Energy storage
    11. CenturionCenturion
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:15 · typical 3:26
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Con turret
  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 · 21 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:51 · typical 5:34
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Converter
    15. PrudePrudedone 7:23
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind
    21. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:30 · 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 · 115 steps
    1. Wind
    2. BeaverBeaver
    3. Wind
    4. GroundhogGroundhog
    5. Wind ×4
    6. Con turret
    7. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:45 · typical 8:09
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind
    10. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    11. Wind
    12. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Light MineLight Mine
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. Wind
    17. Light MineLight Mine
    18. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    19. Light MineLight Mine
    20. Wind
    21. Light MineLight Mine
    22. ProphetRadar vehicle
    23. Wind
    24. UmbraJammer
    25. Wind
    26. StarlightStarlightdone 9:45 · typical 9:06
    27. JunoJuno
    28. Wind
    29. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    30. Wind
    31. Light MineLight Mine
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. GoonGoon
    34. Light MineLight Mine
    35. Wind
    36. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Light MineLight Mine
    39. BeholderBeholder
    40. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Light MineLight Mine
    43. Wind
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Wind
    46. Light MineLight Mine
    47. Wind
    48. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    49. Wind
    50. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    51. Wind
    52. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    53. Wind ×2
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. Light MineLight Mine
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    58. Wind ×3
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Medium MineMedium Mine
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind
    65. Medium MineMedium Mine
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. UmbraJammer
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Medium MineMedium Mine
    74. Converter
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. Wind
    77. Medium MineMedium Mine
    78. Converter
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Wind
    81. Medium MineMedium Mine
    82. ConsulConsul
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Medium MineMedium Mine
    85. Wind ×3
    86. Medium MineMedium Mine
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:05
    88. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn ×2
    91. Medium MineMedium Mine
    92. PawnPawn ×5
    93. ProphetRadar vehicle
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. UmbraJammer
    98. PawnPawn ×4
    99. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:06
    100. PawnPawn ×2
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. AmbassadorAmbassador
    104. PawnPawn ×3
    105. AmbassadorAmbassador
    106. Wind
    107. PawnPawn
    108. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:48
    109. PawnPawn
    110. GremlinStealth tank
    111. BlinkScout plane
    112. Wind
    113. BlinkScout plane
    114. ShredderShreddernot finished by 15:00
    115. BlinkScout plane

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

41.1 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
876 metal received · 27476 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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