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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy build: Bot Lab into Geothermal, Advanced Metal Extractor and a Vehicle Plant into Advanced Geothermal, transitioning into T2 constructor and Starlights to supply front and allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 848 distinct matches · 119 players · 56% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 956 · 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 848 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 0:51 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 1:09
  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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:41 · typical 3:27
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter ×10
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 58% 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 (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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:20 · typical 5:35
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:41 · typical 7:09
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:46 · 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 (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 · 154 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:26 · typical 8:03
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. StarlightStarlightdone 8:00 · typical 9:02
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. StarlightStarlight
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×5
    19. StarlightStarlight
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Wind
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. UmbraJammer
    35. Wind
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. ProphetRadar vehicle
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. Wind ×2
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Wind
    48. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Wind
    55. Con turret
    56. Wind ×3
    57. JaguarJaguar
    58. Wind ×3
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind ×2
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind ×2
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind ×3
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind ×3
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Wind ×6
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Wind ×2
    71. JaguarJaguar
    72. Wind ×2
    73. StarlightStarlight
    74. Wind ×6
    75. ShredderShredderdone 11:25
    76. Wind ×3
    77. ShredderShredder
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. ShredderShredder
    83. Wind
    84. Con turret
    85. Converter
    86. Wind ×2
    87. StarlightStarlight
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. JaguarJaguar
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. UmbraJammer
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. ArbalestArbalest
    103. ProphetRadar vehicle
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. JaguarJaguar
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:42
    110. JaguarJaguar
    111. Wind
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. JaguarJaguar
    116. Wind
    117. Converter
    118. Wind
    119. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 13:17
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. AmbassadorAmbassador
    123. Converter
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. Con turret
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. JaguarJaguar
    129. Wind
    130. Converter
    131. Wind
    132. AmbassadorAmbassador
    133. ArbalestArbalest
    134. Wind ×4
    135. ConsulConsul
    136. Wind
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. JaguarJaguar ×2
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. JaguarJaguar
    143. Wind ×2
    144. JaguarJaguar
    145. Wind
    146. BullBulldone 14:51
    147. Converter
    148. Wind ×3
    149. JaguarJaguar
    150. Wind
    151. Con turret
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (38 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 8:45 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 31% 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

956 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082000
3:00153000
4:00269400
5:00372100
6:00565800
7:00810200
8:0011503042
9:001453854130
10:0017434536260
11:00203841955668
12:002325139251832
13:002607360253207
14:002899784604584
15:0031759105605969
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

XXMACGAMERXX

38.3 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
6851 metal received · 147198 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=955
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=953
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=949
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=922
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=684
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:39–8:38 · n=877
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:31–9:44 · n=777

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