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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play, teching up through geothermal and advanced metal extractor into T2 constructor and Starlight to supply front.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 874 distinct matches · 121 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 981 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 874 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 ~1:08, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:51 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 1:08
  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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Converter
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
    12. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    13. Mex
    14. Converter
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Energy storage
    20. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:45 · typical 3:28
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    23. Con turret ×3
    24. Energy storage
    25. Con turret
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Converter
    28. Con turret
    29. Converter ×3
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:52 · typical 5:35
  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 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:34
    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 · 2 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:10 · 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
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: Jaguar (33%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 73 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. BlitzBlitz ×19
    3. PrudePrudedone 8:42
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×6
    9. Con turret
    10. Metal storage
    11. Wind
    12. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    13. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:12 · typical 8:03
    14. Wind ×2
    15. TurtleTurtlenot finished by 15:00
    16. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    17. Wind ×6
    18. StarlightStarlightdone 10:01 · typical 9:01
    19. Wind ×3
    20. JunoJuno
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. UmbraJammer
    23. Wind
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. Wind
    26. NettleNettle
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Wind ×9
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Converter ×6
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Converter
    35. StarlightStarlight
    36. Converter
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Converter
    39. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:55
    40. Converter
    41. TickTick
    42. SentrySentry
    43. LazarusLazarus
    44. TickTick
    45. Converter
    46. TickTick ×3
    47. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    48. TickTick
    49. Converter
    50. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    51. TickTick
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. Converter
    54. TickTick ×2
    55. Converter
    56. TickTick
    57. TracerTracer
    58. TickTick
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick ×2
    61. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    62. LazarusLazarus
    63. TickTick ×3
    64. ShredderShredderdone 13:11
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. ShredderShredder
    67. TickTick
    68. ShredderShredder
    69. TickTick
    70. ShredderShredder
    71. GremlinStealth tank
    72. JaguarJaguar ×3
    73. TickTick

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, 11/10/2026); 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 2:27 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:44 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:21 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:51 · 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082100
3:00153200
4:00269200
5:00371600
6:00565300
7:00809300
8:0011505042
9:001453754130
10:0017433534260
11:00203811956666
12:002324439161810
13:002603260863209
14:002896885214596
15:0031674105735975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

37.3 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
500 metal received · 28388 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:08Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=980
Geothermal Powerplant3:28Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=978
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:20–5:58 · n=974
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=947
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=702
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:40–8:38 · n=900
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:43 · n=801

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