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Standard geo

Eco-first Geo build that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor before transitioning into Starlight-led T2 units for front, the role's baseline play.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 0:55 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 1:11
  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 · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:12 · typical 3:26
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Converter ×4
    15. Con turret ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:03 · typical 5:33
    20. Wind ×2
  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 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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. PrudePrudedone 6:24
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:29 · 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 (50%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (49%) · 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 · 220 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:00 · typical 8:06
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind ×2
    5. MauserMauser
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. MauserMauser
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×2
    15. MauserMauser
    16. JaguarJaguar
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. MauserMauser
    20. Wind
    21. MauserMauser
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. MauserMauser
    25. Wind
    26. UmbraJammer
    27. Wind
    28. ProphetRadar vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. UmbraJammer
    31. Wind ×3
    32. ProphetRadar vehicle
    33. StarlightStarlightdone 8:36 · typical 9:02
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Wind
    39. StarlightStarlight
    40. Wind ×6
    41. StarlightStarlight
    42. Wind ×6
    43. StarlightStarlight
    44. Wind ×9
    45. StarlightStarlight
    46. Wind ×17
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Wind ×6
    49. UmbraJammer
    50. Wind
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind ×3
    53. UmbraJammer
    54. Wind
    55. ProphetRadar vehicle
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    60. Wind
    61. Metal storage
    62. Wind ×7
    63. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:06
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:11
    66. Wind
    67. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:17
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitz ×3
    70. Wind
    71. BlitzBlitz
    72. Wind
    73. TickTick
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Con turret
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. JunoJuno
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. TickTick
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Wind ×2
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. TickTick
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. TickTick
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick
    99. BlitzBlitz ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Wind
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. TickTick
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. TickTick
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Con turret
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. TickTick
    113. BlitzBlitz
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. TickTick
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. TickTick
    120. BlitzBlitz
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. BlitzBlitz ×2
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. TickTick
    130. BlitzBlitz ×2
    131. TickTick
    132. BlitzBlitz ×2
    133. TickTick
    134. Wind
    135. TickTick
    136. BlitzBlitz ×2
    137. TickTick
    138. BlitzBlitz
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. TickTick
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. TickTick
    145. BlitzBlitz
    146. Wind
    147. BlitzBlitz
    148. TickTick
    149. BeamerBeamer
    150. BlitzBlitz
    151. TickTick
    152. BlitzBlitz
    153. TickTick
    154. BlitzBlitz
    155. TickTick
    156. BlitzBlitz
    157. Wind
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. TickTick ×2
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. TickTick
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. TickTick
    164. BlitzBlitz
    165. Converter
    166. BlitzBlitz
    167. TickTick
    168. BlitzBlitz
    169. TickTick
    170. Wind
    171. TickTick
    172. Converter
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. TickTick
    175. Wind
    176. TickTick
    177. BeamerBeamer
    178. TickTick
    179. BlitzBlitz ×2
    180. Converter
    181. TickTick ×2
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. TickTick ×2
    184. Wind
    185. BlitzBlitz
    186. Converter
    187. TickTick
    188. BlitzBlitz
    189. TickTick
    190. Wind
    191. TickTick
    192. BlitzBlitz
    193. TickTick ×3
    194. BlitzBlitz ×2
    195. TickTick
    196. Converter
    197. TickTick
    198. Wind
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. TickTick
    201. Converter
    202. TickTick
    203. SentrySentry
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick
    206. BlitzBlitz
    207. TickTick
    208. Wind
    209. TickTick
    210. Converter
    211. BlitzBlitz
    212. TickTick
    213. BlitzBlitz
    214. TickTick
    215. Wind
    216. TickTick
    217. Converter
    218. BlitzBlitz
    219. TickTick ×2
    220. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (36 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 2:30 · in 88% 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

36.3 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
3600 metal received · 22413 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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