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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play: geothermal into T2 constructor and Advanced Geothermal, then T2 units like Starlight brought to front for the team.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1302 distinct matches · 230 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1523 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1302 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 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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
    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 · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Energy storage
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:56 · typical 3:29
    8. Mex
    9. TickTick ×5
    10. Mexfor Front
    11. Con turret ×4
    12. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (48%) · wind (41%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:33 · typical 5:38
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:03 · typical 7:11
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:08 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 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 (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 176 steps
    1. GroundhogGroundhog
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:16
    3. Converter
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. Converter ×2
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Converter
    10. BlitzBlitz ×2
    11. Light MineLight Mine
    12. Converter
    13. BlitzBlitz
    14. Light MineLight Mine
    15. Converter ×2
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. Light MineLight Mine
    18. Converter
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Light MineLight Mine
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Converter
    23. Light MineLight Mine
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Converter ×2
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Light MineLight Mine
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Converter
    30. Light MineLight Mine
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Light MineLight Mine
    33. Converter
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Converter
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Converter
    38. Light MineLight Mine
    39. BlitzBlitz ×2
    40. Light MineLight Mine
    41. Converter
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. Converter
    44. Light MineLight Mine
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. Converter
    47. BlitzBlitz
    48. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    49. Converter
    50. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    51. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    52. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    53. Converter
    54. Light MineLight Mine
    55. Converter
    56. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:53 · typical 8:02
    57. Con turret
    58. Light MineLight Mine
    59. Con turret
    60. Converter
    61. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    62. Converter
    63. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    64. Converter
    65. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    66. Converter ×2
    67. Light MineLight Mine
    68. ProphetRadar vehicle
    69. Converter
    70. UmbraJammer
    71. Converter
    72. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    73. StarlightStarlightdone 9:36 · typical 9:04
    74. Converter
    75. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    76. Wind
    77. Light MineLight Mine
    78. Converter
    79. StarlightStarlight
    80. Wind
    81. Light MineLight Mine
    82. Converter
    83. Light MineLight Mine ×6
    84. Wind
    85. Light MineLight Mine
    86. StarlightStarlight
    87. Light MineLight Mine
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. StarlightStarlight
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. Light MineLight Mine
    97. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 10:58
    98. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    99. Wind
    100. Light MineLight Mine
    101. AmbassadorAmbassador
    102. Wind
    103. Light MineLight Mine
    104. Converter
    105. Light MineLight Mine
    106. Wind
    107. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    108. Wind
    109. StarlightStarlight
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    113. Wind
    114. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    115. Wind
    116. ShredderShredderdone 12:01
    117. Light MineLight Mine
    118. Wind
    119. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    120. Wind
    121. JaguarJaguar
    122. Light MineLight Mine
    123. Wind
    124. Light MineLight Mine
    125. JaguarJaguar
    126. Wind
    127. JaguarJaguar
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Light MineLight Mine
    130. JaguarJaguar
    131. Wind
    132. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    133. JaguarJaguar
    134. Light MineLight Mine
    135. Wind
    136. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    137. GremlinStealth tank
    138. Wind
    139. Light MineLight Mine
    140. GremlinStealth tank
    141. Light MineLight Mine
    142. Wind
    143. Light MineLight Mine
    144. GremlinStealth tank
    145. Wind
    146. Light MineLight Mine
    147. GremlinStealth tank
    148. Light MineLight Mine
    149. Wind
    150. Light MineLight Mine
    151. GremlinStealth tank
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Light MineLight Mine
    154. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    155. Light MineLight Mine
    156. Wind
    157. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    158. Wind
    159. ConsulConsul
    160. Light MineLight Mine
    161. Wind
    162. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    163. ConsulConsul
    164. Wind
    165. Light MineLight Mine
    166. Wind
    167. ProphetRadar vehicle
    168. Wind
    169. UmbraJammer
    170. Wind
    171. StarlightStarlight
    172. Wind ×4
    173. StarlightStarlight
    174. Wind ×4
    175. StarlightStarlight
    176. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is VeryCool's (33 OS, 04/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · 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

1523 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085400
3:00152700
4:00267200
5:00369500
6:00564300
7:00802400
8:001134301
9:00144084385
10:0017280480204
11:00201311745534
12:002301236181634
13:002574358182989
14:002858982054440
15:0031360102015610
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

VeryCool

32.6 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
397 metal received · 100038 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:11Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1522
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:12–3:47 · n=1515
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1514
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1472
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1101
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:02Middle 50%: 7:40–8:34 · n=1407
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=1271

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