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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 · 749 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 843 · 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 749 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 · 22 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick ×3
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Mexfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    11. Mexfor Beach sea
    12. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    13. Con turret
    14. Mexfor Beach sea
    15. Energy storage
    16. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:05 · typical 3:26
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×4
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Con turret
  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 (48%)

    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 · 13 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:28 · typical 5:33
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind ×3
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    8. Wind ×5
    9. PrudePrudedone 7:09
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. 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, 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 (48%) · 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 · 114 steps
    1. BeaverBeaver
    2. GroundhogGroundhog
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:27 · typical 8:07
    4. BeholderBeholder ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Light MineLight Mine
    10. Converter
    11. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Light MineLight Mine
    14. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    18. Converter
    19. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:02
    20. Wind
    21. GremlinStealth tank ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. GremlinStealth tank
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Medium MineMedium Mine
    27. GremlinStealth tank
    28. Wind ×2
    29. GremlinStealth tank
    30. Wind
    31. Medium MineMedium Mine
    32. Wind
    33. ConsulConsul
    34. Wind
    35. Medium MineMedium Mine
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Medium MineMedium Mine
    38. ProphetRadar vehicle
    39. Wind
    40. UmbraJammer
    41. Wind
    42. Medium MineMedium Mine
    43. JunoJuno
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Wind
    46. BeholderBeholder
    47. Medium MineMedium Mine
    48. Wind
    49. Medium MineMedium Mine
    50. Wind ×3
    51. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    52. Wind
    53. Medium MineMedium Mine
    54. Wind ×2
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. Wind
    57. Medium MineMedium Mine
    58. Wind
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. Wind
    61. Medium MineMedium Mine
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Medium MineMedium Mine
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Medium MineMedium Mine
    66. Wind ×3
    67. StarlightStarlight
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Medium MineMedium Mine
    71. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Medium MineMedium Mine
    74. Wind
    75. Medium MineMedium Mine
    76. Wind
    77. Medium MineMedium Mine
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Medium MineMedium Mine
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Medium MineMedium Mine
    83. Wind ×3
    84. Medium MineMedium Mine
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Medium MineMedium Mine
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Medium MineMedium Mine
    89. StarlightStarlight
    90. Wind
    91. Medium MineMedium Mine
    92. Wind
    93. Medium MineMedium Mine
    94. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexnot finished by 15:00
    95. Medium MineMedium Mine
    96. Wind
    97. ConsulConsul
    98. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    99. ConsulConsul
    100. Wind
    101. Medium MineMedium Mine
    102. Wind ×4
    103. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    104. ConsulConsul
    105. JaguarJaguar ×3
    106. BeholderBeholder
    107. JaguarJaguar ×2
    108. Medium MineMedium Mine
    109. ProphetRadar vehicle
    110. Medium MineMedium Mine
    111. UmbraJammer
    112. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    113. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    114. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% 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

843 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816600
8:0011505021
9:001453251130
10:0017435630320
11:00204162108831
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

0neTw0

40.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
23 metal received · 47141 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=842
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=841
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=840
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=604
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=803
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=765
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=669

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