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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy opening leading into T2 constructor and Starlight units sent to front as the team's first T2 push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #push · 762 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 857 · 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 762 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Energy storage
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:59 · typical 3:26
    6. Mex
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Energy storage
    31. 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 6:41–7:40
    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 · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Metal storage
    8. Con turret
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:00 · typical 5:34
    12. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 111 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. PrudePrudedone 7:10
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:26
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:17 · typical 8:07
    10. SentrySentry ×2
    11. Con turret ×3
    12. StarlightStarlight ×2done 8:34 · typical 9:03
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. UmbraJammer
    17. StarlightStarlight
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. JaguarJaguar ×3
    21. Converter
    22. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    23. Wind ×2
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×4
    28. StarlightStarlight
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind ×7
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Wind ×2
    34. JaguarJaguar
    35. ShredderShredderdone 11:23
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. NettleNettle
    40. Wind
    41. ShredderShredder
    42. Wind
    43. NettleNettle
    44. Wind
    45. ShredderShredder
    46. Wind
    47. NettleNettle
    48. Wind ×2
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Wind ×3
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. Wind ×6
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. JunoJuno
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. Wind ×5
    69. Converter
    70. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 13:33
    71. Wind
    72. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:35
    73. Wind
    74. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Converter
    77. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    78. Wind ×2
    79. TickTick
    80. Wind
    81. TickTick
    82. Wind
    83. TickTick ×3
    84. Wind
    85. TickTick ×3
    86. Wind
    87. TickTick ×3
    88. Wind
    89. TickTick
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Wind
    92. TickTick ×2
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick ×3
    95. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 15:00
    96. TickTick
    97. Converter
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×4
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind
    104. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:48
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick
    110. Wind ×2
    111. TickTick ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is matje2o's (37 OS, 17/09/2026); 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 87% 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

857 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270600
5:00372900
6:00572000
7:00814000
8:0011502021
9:001450952130
10:0017425627320
11:00204052075790
12:002330539821933
13:002611260863295
14:002900184934700
15:0031601103396090
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

matje2o

36.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
6048 metal received · 84280 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=856
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=853
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=617
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=816
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:47 · n=777
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=682

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