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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Geo that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor, then builds T2 units (mostly Starlight) to send to front while also supplying constructors and rez bots to allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 837 distinct matches · 118 players · 57% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 943 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 837 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 ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:52 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:23 · typical 1:09
  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 · 22 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:49 · typical 3:27
    10. LazarusLazarus ×2
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Con turret
    13. Energy storage
    14. Con turret
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. 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 6:41–7:34
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (50%) · 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 · 26 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:37 · typical 5:35
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:10
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 9:34 · typical 7:09
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Converter ×9
    26. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:07 · 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 Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Jaguar (32%) · 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 · 99 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. StoutStout
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Converter ×3
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:46 · typical 8:04
    6. Converter
    7. GremlinStealth tank
    8. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    9. GremlinStealth tank
    10. Converter
    11. GremlinStealth tank
    12. Converter
    13. GremlinStealth tank
    14. Converter
    15. GremlinStealth tank
    16. UmbraJammer
    17. ProphetRadar vehicle
    18. Wind
    19. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 11:36
    20. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:42
    21. Wind
    22. AmbassadorAmbassador
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. AmbassadorAmbassador
    26. Wind
    27. Con turret
    28. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    29. AmbassadorAmbassador
    30. Wind
    31. AmbassadorAmbassador
    32. Wind ×4
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn ×2
    42. Wind
    43. PawnPawn ×2
    44. Wind
    45. PawnPawn
    46. Wind
    47. PawnPawn
    48. Wind
    49. PawnPawn
    50. Wind
    51. PawnPawn
    52. Wind
    53. PawnPawn
    54. Wind
    55. PawnPawn
    56. Wind
    57. PawnPawn ×2
    58. Wind
    59. PawnPawn ×2
    60. Wind
    61. PawnPawn ×2
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn ×2
    64. Wind
    65. PawnPawn ×2
    66. Wind
    67. PawnPawn ×2
    68. Wind
    69. PawnPawn
    70. Wind
    71. PawnPawn ×2
    72. Wind
    73. PawnPawn ×2
    74. Wind
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Wind
    77. PawnPawn
    78. Wind
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. PawnPawn ×2
    81. JaguarJaguar
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn ×2
    84. JaguarJaguar
    85. PawnPawn
    86. StarlightStarlightdone 14:35 · typical 9:03
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Wind
    89. PawnPawn ×4
    90. BeamerBeamer
    91. PawnPawn
    92. StarlightStarlight
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. BeamerBeamer
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. PawnPawn
    99. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (36 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 2:28 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 94% 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

943 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00153100
4:00269400
5:00372000
6:00565500
7:00808700
8:0011491042
9:001451354130
10:0017431537260
11:00203831953660
12:002324939131810
13:002606559863205
14:002900183914570
15:0031746105055975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

PongoPygmaeus

35.6 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
31 metal received · 47211 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=942
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=940
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=937
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=905
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:38 · n=674
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:04Middle 50%: 7:40–8:39 · n=865
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=763

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