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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 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 0:59 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Mex
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:00 · typical 3:26
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Converter ×4
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind ×15
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
  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 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 · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 5:15 · typical 5:33
    2. PrudePrudedone 6:26
    3. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:31 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 174 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:10 · typical 8:06
    3. Converter ×4
    4. Wind ×3
    5. UmbraJammer
    6. Wind ×2
    7. ProphetRadar vehicle
    8. Wind ×2
    9. MauserMauser
    10. Wind ×6
    11. MauserMauser
    12. Wind ×2
    13. MauserMauser
    14. Wind ×4
    15. MauserMauser
    16. Wind ×3
    17. MauserMauser
    18. Wind ×4
    19. UmbraJammer
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    22. Wind ×3
    23. UmbraJammer
    24. Wind ×6
    25. ProphetRadar vehicle
    26. Wind ×3
    27. StarlightStarlightdone 8:53 · typical 9:02
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Converter
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Converter
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. StarlightStarlight
    39. Wind
    40. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    41. Wind ×3
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. Wind ×2
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Wind ×2
    46. SentrySentry
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. SentrySentry
    52. Wind
    53. StarlightStarlight
    54. SentrySentry
    55. Converter
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Converter
    58. ShredderShredderdone 10:57
    59. Wind
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. ConsulConsul
    64. Wind
    65. SentrySentry
    66. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 11:29
    67. Converter
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    71. Wind ×12
    72. Metal storage
    73. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Con turret
    76. JunoJuno
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Con turret
    79. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 13:07
    80. Wind
    81. Con turret
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Con turret
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. RoverScout
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. RoverScout
    88. Wind ×2
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. RoverScout
    91. BlitzBlitz
    92. RoverScout
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. RoverScout
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. RoverScout
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    99. RoverScout
    100. BlitzBlitz
    101. RoverScout
    102. BlitzBlitz
    103. RoverScout
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. RoverScout
    106. Wind ×2
    107. RoverScout
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2
    109. RoverScout
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. Wind
    112. RoverScout
    113. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:43
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. RoverScout
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. RoverScout
    119. BlitzBlitz
    120. RoverScout
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. Con turret
    123. RoverScout
    124. Wind
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. RoverScout
    127. BlitzBlitz ×2
    128. RoverScout
    129. BlitzBlitz ×2
    130. RoverScout ×2
    131. BlitzBlitz
    132. Wind
    133. BlitzBlitz ×2
    134. RoverScout
    135. BlitzBlitz ×2
    136. RoverScout
    137. BlitzBlitz ×2
    138. RoverScout
    139. BlitzBlitz ×2
    140. Wind
    141. RoverScout
    142. BlitzBlitz ×2
    143. RoverScout
    144. BlitzBlitz ×2
    145. RoverScout
    146. BlitzBlitz
    147. RoverScout
    148. BlitzBlitz ×3
    149. RoverScout
    150. BlitzBlitz ×2
    151. Wind
    152. RoverScout
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. RoverScout
    155. Wind
    156. BlitzBlitz ×2
    157. RoverScout
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. RoverScout
    160. BlitzBlitz
    161. RoverScout
    162. Wind
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. RoverScout
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. BlitzBlitz ×2
    168. RoverScout
    169. BlitzBlitz ×2
    170. RoverScout
    171. BlitzBlitz
    172. Wind
    173. RoverScout
    174. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (36 OS, 28/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 78% 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
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

[Crd]VOLT

36.3 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1095 metal received · 40154 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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