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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:36 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Converter
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Converter
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Converter
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:44 · typical 3:26
    16. Con turret ×4
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Energy storage
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter
  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 · 6 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Converter ×5
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 5:44 · typical 5:34
    4. PrudePrudedone 7:03
    5. Wind ×10
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:11 · 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 · 114 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Wind
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:48 · typical 8:09
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:06
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. ShredderShredderdone 8:01
    11. Converter
    12. ShredderShredder
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. StarlightStarlight
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. ConsulConsulfor Beach sea
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. ConsulConsulfor Beach sea
    24. Converter
    25. UmbraJammer
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. ProphetRadar vehicle
    29. Wind
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. StarlightStarlight
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. NettleNettle
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Converter
    42. StarlightStarlight
    43. Wind ×3
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Wind ×2
    46. StarlightStarlight
    47. Wind
    48. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 10:57
    49. Wind ×2
    50. AmbassadorAmbassador
    51. Wind
    52. AmbassadorAmbassador
    53. Wind ×2
    54. UmbraJammer
    55. Wind
    56. ProphetRadar vehicle
    57. Wind
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Wind
    62. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:12
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Wind
    71. ShredderShredder
    72. TickTick ×3
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. TickTick
    76. ShredderShredder
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×2
    79. Wind
    80. ShredderShredder
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. ShredderShredder
    87. LazarusLazarus
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Wind ×2
    91. ShredderShredder
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. TickTick ×2
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. TickTick
    106. LazarusLazarus
    107. Wind
    108. BeamerBeamer
    109. Wind
    110. JaguarJaguar
    111. TickTick
    112. JaguarJaguar ×3
    113. Wind ×3
    114. ValiantValiant

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

zeus_on_god

37.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

134 received units · includes a constructor
1207 metal received · 70144 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

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