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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn
    3. TickTick ×6
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:08 · typical 3:26
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn ×3
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. CenturionCenturion
    19. Con turret
    20. Mexfor Front
    21. Converter
    22. Energy storage
    23. Con turret
    24. Mexfor Front
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 16 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:04 · typical 5:34
    12. Con turret
    13. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:38 · typical 7:07
    14. Con turret
    15. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:15
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:43 · 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 · 200 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. FalconFighter ×4
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:25 · typical 8:07
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. FalconFighter
    8. Converter
    9. FalconFighter
    10. StarlightStarlightdone 8:57 · typical 9:03
    11. Converter
    12. FalconFighter
    13. Converter
    14. FalconFighter
    15. StarlightStarlight
    16. Converter
    17. OspreyHeavy transport ×2
    18. Converter ×2
    19. JunoJuno
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. ShredderShredderdone 9:46
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. ShredderShredder
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Converter
    29. ShredderShredder
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. StarlightStarlight
    34. Wind ×4
    35. ProphetRadar vehicle
    36. JaguarJaguar
    37. Wind
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind
    43. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:58
    44. Wind
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. JaguarJaguar
    55. TickTick
    56. Wind ×2
    57. MauserMauser
    58. TickTick ×3
    59. MauserMauser
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. TickTick
    64. MauserMauser
    65. TickTick ×2
    66. MauserMauser
    67. TickTick
    68. Converter
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. MauserMauser
    72. TickTick
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. TickTick
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. TickTick
    80. JaguarJaguar
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Converter
    83. TickTick
    84. Wind
    85. JaguarJaguar
    86. TickTick
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. JaguarJaguar
    91. TickTick
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Converter
    94. TickTick ×2
    95. Converter
    96. JaguarJaguar
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind ×2
    99. TickTick
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. TickTick
    102. Converter
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick
    106. JaguarJaguar
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick
    112. JaguarJaguar
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. TickTick
    116. Wind
    117. JaguarJaguar
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick
    123. JaguarJaguar
    124. Wind
    125. TickTick
    126. MauserMauser
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. Converter
    129. MauserMauser
    130. Wind
    131. TickTick
    132. Wind
    133. TickTick
    134. MauserMauser
    135. TickTick
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. TickTick
    139. MauserMauser
    140. Wind ×2
    141. TickTick
    142. Converter
    143. TickTick
    144. MauserMauser
    145. TickTick ×2
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. MauserMauser
    150. TickTick ×3
    151. MauserMauser
    152. TickTick
    153. Converter
    154. TickTick
    155. Wind
    156. Con turret
    157. TickTick
    158. MauserMauser
    159. TickTick
    160. Converter
    161. Con turret
    162. TickTick ×2
    163. MauserMauser
    164. TickTick
    165. Con turret
    166. TickTick
    167. MauserMauser
    168. TickTick
    169. SentrySentry
    170. TickTick
    171. Con turret
    172. TickTick
    173. MauserMauser
    174. TickTick
    175. SentrySentry
    176. TickTick
    177. MauserMauser
    178. TickTick ×3
    179. MauserMauser
    180. TickTick ×3
    181. MauserMauser
    182. TickTick
    183. SentrySentry
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. MauserMauser
    186. TickTick ×3
    187. JaguarJaguar
    188. TickTick ×3
    189. JaguarJaguar
    190. Con turret
    191. TickTick ×2
    192. Con turret
    193. JaguarJaguar
    194. TickTick
    195. Con turret
    196. TickTick ×2
    197. JaguarJaguar
    198. TickTick ×2
    199. JaguarJaguar
    200. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DukeofStars's (54 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

DukeofStars

53.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
7082 metal received · 195853 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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