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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:27 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:53 · typical 3:26
    6. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    7. Mex
    8. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Con turret
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Converter ×3
  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 · 5 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:03 · typical 5:34
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:01 · typical 7:07
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:06 · 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 · 112 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:38 · typical 8:07
    3. NettleNettle
    4. StarlightStarlightdone 8:08 · typical 9:03
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. NettleNettle
    8. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:23
    9. StarlightStarlight
    10. NettleNettle
    11. OspreyHeavy transport
    12. Converter
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Converter ×2
    15. MauserMauser
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Converter
    18. MauserMauser
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Converter
    21. MauserMauser
    22. Converter
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:21
    24. MauserMauser
    25. Converter ×2
    26. MauserMauser
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Converter
    29. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:51
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. MauserMauser
    32. Con turret
    33. BlitzBlitz
    34. Con turret
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Con turret
    37. MauserMauser
    38. Con turret
    39. Converter
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. Converter
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Wind
    44. BlitzBlitz
    45. MauserMauser
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. BlitzBlitz ×2
    51. Wind
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. MauserMauser
    54. Wind
    55. BlitzBlitz ×2
    56. Wind
    57. BlitzBlitz
    58. Wind
    59. MauserMauser
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. BlitzBlitz
    65. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. BlitzBlitz ×3
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz ×2
    71. Wind
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz ×4
    75. Wind
    76. BlitzBlitz ×2
    77. Metal storage
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitz ×2
    85. ChainsawChainsaw
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz ×4
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. ChainsawChainsaw
    92. BlitzBlitz ×2
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz ×11
    95. ChainsawChainsaw
    96. BlitzBlitz ×19
    97. ChainsawChainsaw
    98. BlitzBlitz ×17
    99. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:24
    100. BlitzBlitz ×11
    101. StormbringerBomber
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. StormbringerBomber
    104. Con turret ×2
    105. StormbringerBomber
    106. Con turret ×2
    107. StormbringerBomber
    108. Con turret
    109. StormbringerBomber
    110. Con turret
    111. StormbringerBomber ×10
    112. FalconFighter ×8

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Happiness's (51 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

Happiness

50.8 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
6596 metal received · 60636 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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