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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy play: fast bot lab and geothermal into advanced geothermal and T2 constructor, then brings Starlights and other T2 units forward to front while supplying allies with constructors.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 770 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 865 · 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 770 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 ~1:11, 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 ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · typical 1:11
  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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. TickTick
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. TickTick
    6. TickTickfor Front
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:00 · typical 3:25
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Mex
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Converter ×8
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Con turret
    20. Energy storage
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×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 6:41–7:39
    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 · 6 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Converter ×4
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 6:12 · typical 5:34
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:21 · typical 7:07
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:26 · 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 · 69 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:59 · typical 8:06
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    8. Wind
    9. StarlightStarlightdone 8:34 · typical 9:02
    10. Wind ×2
    11. StarlightStarlight
    12. Wind ×2
    13. StarlightStarlight
    14. Wind ×4
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. Wind ×3
    17. UmbraJammer
    18. JunoJuno
    19. Wind
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    23. Wind
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Wind ×2
    26. ArbalestArbalest
    27. Wind
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind ×2
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Wind
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:22
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Wind
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. Wind
    44. SentrySentry
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Wind ×2
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Wind ×2
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind ×2
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind ×3
    53. ShredderShredderdone 13:21
    54. Wind ×2
    55. ShredderShredder
    56. Wind
    57. ShredderShredder
    58. Wind ×2
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind
    63. JaguarJaguar ×2
    64. Wind
    65. JaguarJaguar ×4
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar ×3
    68. Wind
    69. JaguarJaguar ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (36 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:51 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · 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

865 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270900
5:00373100
6:00572000
7:00813900
8:0011504021
9:001450351130
10:0017425627320
11:00204072075790
12:002330539821910
13:002610160983295
14:002900184564689
15:0031593103746061
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

XXMACGAMERXX

36.1 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1413 metal received · 186192 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:11Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=864
Geothermal Powerplant3:25Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=862
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=861
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=624
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:39 · n=823
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=784
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=687

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