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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 30 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. TickTick
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. Mex
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:29 · typical 3:26
    19. CrossbowCrossbow
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. CenturionCenturion
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Converter ×2
    27. Con turret
    28. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    29. Con turret ×2
    30. Wind ×4
  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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind ×7
    2. Converter ×2
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Windfor Beach sea
    10. Converter
    11. Windfor Beach sea
    12. Wind
    13. Windfor Beach sea
    14. Wind ×4
    15. Windfor Beach sea
    16. Wind
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:18 · typical 5:34
    18. Windfor Beach sea
    19. Wind
    20. Windfor Beach sea
    21. Wind
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    23. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:45 · typical 7:08
    24. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:49 · 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 · 98 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:18 · typical 8:05
    3. Converter
    4. UmbraJammer
    5. Converter ×2
    6. ProphetRadar vehicle
    7. Converter
    8. MauserMauser
    9. Converter ×2
    10. MauserMauser
    11. Converter
    12. MauserMauser
    13. Converter ×2
    14. MauserMauser
    15. Converter
    16. MauserMauser
    17. Converter
    18. UmbraJammer
    19. Converter
    20. ProphetRadar vehicle
    21. Wind
    22. StarlightStarlightdone 9:40 · typical 9:01
    23. Wind
    24. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    25. StarlightStarlight
    26. Wind
    27. Wind ×2for Beach sea
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. StarlightStarlight
    31. Windfor Beach sea
    32. Wind
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. Wind
    35. Windfor Beach sea
    36. Wind
    37. StarlightStarlight
    38. Wind ×2
    39. BeamerBeamer
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Windfor Beach sea
    42. Wind ×2
    43. StarlightStarlight
    44. Windfor Beach sea
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. Windfor Beach sea
    49. Wind
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Windfor Beach sea
    52. Wind
    53. Windfor Beach sea
    54. ShredderShredderdone 11:38
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Windfor Beach sea
    57. SentrySentry
    58. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 11:52
    59. ChainsawChainsaw
    60. Wind
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind ×2
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar ×2
    68. Wind
    69. ChainsawChainsaw
    70. Wind
    71. JaguarJaguar
    72. Wind ×2
    73. JaguarJaguar
    74. Wind ×2
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. Wind ×4
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. Wind ×3
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Wind ×5
    81. JaguarJaguar
    82. Wind ×3
    83. JaguarJaguarfor Beach sea
    84. Wind ×3
    85. JaguarJaguarfor Beach sea
    86. Wind ×2
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. Wind ×3
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Wind ×2
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. Wind
    93. JaguarJaguar
    94. Wind ×3
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Wind
    97. JaguarJaguar ×2
    98. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (37 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

[Crd]VOLT

37.3 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

62 received units · includes a constructor
2386 metal received · 53679 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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