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Standard geo

Eco-first Geo build that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor before transitioning into Starlight-led T2 units for front, the role's baseline play.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 749 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 843 · 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 749 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:06 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:29 · typical 3:26
    13. Con turret ×5
    14. Converter ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:58 · typical 5:33
    16. Converter
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 (48%)

    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. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:45 · typical 7:06
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:51 · 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 (50%) · 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 · 128 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:38 · typical 8:07
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. StarlightStarlightdone 8:06 · typical 9:02
    8. Converter
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Converter
    11. StarlightStarlight
    12. ShredderShredderdone 8:20
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. ShredderShredder
    17. Converter
    18. ShredderShredder
    19. StarlightStarlight
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Converter
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Con turret
    28. Wind
    29. ShredderShredder
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. StarlightStarlightfor Tech
    36. NettleNettle
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. ProphetRadar vehicle
    40. NettleNettle
    41. Converter
    42. UmbraJammer
    43. Converter
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. Wind
    46. JaguarJaguar ×3
    47. Wind
    48. JaguarJaguar ×2
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Wind
    52. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:31
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Wind
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Wind
    57. JaguarJaguar
    58. Wind ×2
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind ×2
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Wind
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Wind ×3
    71. JaguarJaguar
    72. Wind
    73. StarlightStarlightfor Tech
    74. Wind
    75. TickTick
    76. Wind
    77. TickTick
    78. Wind
    79. TickTick
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×5
    83. Wind
    84. TickTick ×8
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick ×3
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. TickTick ×4
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. TickTick ×6
    93. Wind
    94. JaguarJaguar
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Wind ×2
    97. JaguarJaguar
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick ×2
    103. Wind
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind ×2
    107. TickTick
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick
    110. JaguarJaguar
    111. TickTick ×5
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. JaguarJaguar
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. JaguarJaguar
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. TickTick ×5
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. TickTick ×2
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick
    128. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KOT_'s (38 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 88% 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

843 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816600
8:0011505021
9:001453251130
10:0017435630320
11:00204162108831
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

KOT_

38.3 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1188 metal received · 74120 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=842
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=841
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=840
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=604
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=803
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=765
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=669

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