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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Geo that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor, then builds T2 units (mostly Starlight) to send to front while also supplying constructors and rez bots to allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 837 distinct matches · 118 players · 57% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 943 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 837 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 ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:52 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · typical 1:09
  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 · 29 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:57 · typical 3:27
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Mexfor Front
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×5
    18. JanusJanusfor Front
    19. Converter ×3
    20. Con turret
    21. Wind
    22. Bot LabBot Labfor Suicide frontdone 4:24
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    25. Wind ×2
    26. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    27. Con turret
    28. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    29. Con turret
  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 6:41–7:34
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (50%) · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind ×9
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:55 · typical 5:35
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. RocketeerRocketeerfor Suicide front
    7. Energy storage
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind ×8
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:58 · typical 7:09
    13. Wind
    14. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:02
    15. Con turret
    16. SharpshooterSniper botdone 8:06
    17. BlinkScout plane
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    19. BlinkScout plane ×3
    20. Converter
    21. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:36 · typical 7:07
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 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 (50%) · Jaguar (32%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 105 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Converter ×2
    7. Metal storage
    8. Converter ×2
    9. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:26 · typical 8:04
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. UmbraJammer
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. StarlightStarlightdone 9:50 · typical 9:03
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×7
    25. StarlightStarlight
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. ProphetRadar vehicle
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Wind
    36. ConsulConsul
    37. Wind ×3
    38. ConsulConsul
    39. StarlightStarlight
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    43. Wind ×3
    44. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    45. Wind
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. ConsulConsul
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    50. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. ConsulConsul
    53. StarlightStarlight
    54. Wind ×2
    55. UmbraJammer
    56. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    57. Wind
    58. UmbraJammer
    59. Wind ×3
    60. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 11:19
    61. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    64. Wind ×2
    65. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    66. Wind
    67. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    68. Wind
    69. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    70. Wind
    71. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    72. Wind ×2
    73. AmbassadorAmbassador
    74. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    75. Wind
    76. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    77. Wind
    78. Advanced Vehicle PlantEat Advanced Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 12:02
    81. Wind
    82. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×3
    83. LicheLichedone 12:31
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. Wind
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    87. SentrySentry
    88. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    89. OracleOracle
    90. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    91. OracleOracle
    92. LicheLiche
    93. BeamerBeamer
    94. Advanced Construction AircraftT2 con aircraft
    95. Con turret
    96. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:24
    97. Con turret
    98. BeamerBeamer
    99. Con turret
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. OracleOracle
    102. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    103. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×4
    104. Advanced Aircraft PlantEat Advanced Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    105. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is UsurpeR's (42 OS, 07/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 78% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:28 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

943 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00153100
4:00269400
5:00372000
6:00565500
7:00808700
8:0011491042
9:001451354130
10:0017431537260
11:00203831953660
12:002324939131810
13:002606559863205
14:002900183914570
15:0031746105055975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

UsurpeR

42.2 OS · 07/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
275 metal received · 111572 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=942
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=940
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=937
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=905
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:38 · n=674
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:04Middle 50%: 7:40–8:39 · n=865
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=763

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