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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1338 distinct matches · 236 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1559 · 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 1338 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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
    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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus ×2
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    12. Wind
    13. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:16 · typical 3:29
    15. Energy storage
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    25. Con turret
    26. Converter ×3
    27. Con turret
    28. Converter ×5
  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 (40%)

    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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:25 · typical 5:38
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:52 · typical 7:11
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:57 · 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 · 85 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×3
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:42 · typical 8:01
    4. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Converter
    9. UmbraJammer
    10. Wind
    11. ProphetRadar vehicle
    12. SentrySentry
    13. StarlightStarlightdone 8:30 · typical 9:03
    14. Wind ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. StarlightStarlight
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×3
    21. Converter
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Wind ×4
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Energy storage
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. JunoJuno
    31. Wind ×3
    32. Converter
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. Wind ×2
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Wind
    37. JaguarJaguar
    38. Wind
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Wind
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Converter
    43. Wind
    44. JaguarJaguar ×2
    45. Wind ×2
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Wind
    48. JaguarJaguar
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Converter
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind
    53. ShredderShredderdone 11:38
    54. Wind
    55. ShredderShredder
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    59. Wind
    60. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:14
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind ×2
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. StarlightStarlight
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:11
    68. Wind ×2
    69. StarlightStarlight
    70. Converter
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. Wind ×3
    73. LazarusLazarus
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind ×4
    79. Converter
    80. Fusion ReactorFusion
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Converter
    83. Metal storage
    84. StarlightStarlight
    85. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is kellanvad's (34 OS, 18/08/2026); 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 86% 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

1559 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267000
5:00369300
6:00563600
7:00801900
8:001134300
9:00144064384
10:0017270475202
11:00201101745520
12:002297436181605
13:002572558742970
14:002856082464419
15:0031347102015552
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

kellanvad

33.8 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
1929 metal received · 202396 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1558
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1550
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1550
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1507
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1129
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1441
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:46 · n=1299

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