BAR / BUILD ATLAS
← All builds
Geo / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:33 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:39 · typical 3:26
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
  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 · 25 steps
    1. Con turret ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:21 · typical 5:34
    3. Con turret
    4. Energy storage
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Con turret ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:43 · typical 7:08
    22. Converter ×3
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Converter ×4
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:57 · 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 · 66 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Converter
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plant ×2done 8:10
    4. StorkLight transport
    5. BlinkScout plane ×2
    6. StormbringerBomber ×8
    7. Converter
    8. StormbringerBomber ×8
    9. FalconFighter ×2
    10. FalconFighterfor Air
    11. Converter
    12. FalconFighter ×6
    13. Converter
    14. FalconFighter ×2
    15. Converter
    16. FalconFighter ×2
    17. Converter
    18. FalconFighter ×3for Air
    19. Converter
    20. FalconFighterfor Air
    21. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:20 · typical 8:05
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    25. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    26. StarlightStarlightdone 10:41 · typical 9:01
    27. Converter
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. UmbraJammer
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. ProphetRadar vehicle
    34. Wind
    35. StarlightStarlight
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    40. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    41. StarlightStarlight
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. RattlesnakeRattlesnakedone 12:28
    45. Wind
    46. StarlightStarlight
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. BeholderBeholder
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    54. Converter
    55. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    56. ConsulConsulfor Pond
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Wind
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    60. Wind ×7
    61. StarlightStarlight
    62. Wind
    63. TracerTracer
    64. StarlightStarlight
    65. Con turret ×2
    66. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 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

zeus_on_god

38.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1197 metal received · 65114 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

Played most by

0neTw0100games of this buildzeus_on_god96games of this buildViltrum51games of this buildXad48games of this buildDamsko44games of this build