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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 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 709 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 800 · 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 709 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:53 · 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
    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 · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:48 · typical 3:26
    8. Con turret
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
  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 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:42–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

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

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Converter ×3
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:02 · typical 5:34
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Converter
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. PrudePrudedone 7:02
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:10 · 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 · 146 steps
    1. BeamerBeamer
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. GroundhogGroundhog
    5. Wind
    6. GroundhogGroundhog
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:16 · typical 8:07
    10. Wind
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Light MineLight Mine
    13. BeholderBeholder
    14. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    15. Wind
    16. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    17. BeholderBeholder
    18. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    19. StarlightStarlightdone 8:49 · typical 9:03
    20. Light MineLight Mine
    21. Wind
    22. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    23. BeholderBeholder
    24. Light MineLight Mine
    25. Energy storage
    26. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    27. Wind
    28. Light MineLight Mine
    29. Con turret
    30. Light MineLight Mine
    31. BeholderBeholder
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Light MineLight Mine
    34. BeholderBeholder
    35. Wind
    36. BeholderBeholder
    37. Wind
    38. StarlightStarlight
    39. Wind
    40. Light MineLight Mine ×4
    41. Wind
    42. UmbraJammer
    43. Wind
    44. Con turret
    45. Light MineLight Mine
    46. Wind
    47. Light MineLight Mine
    48. ProphetRadar vehicle
    49. Wind
    50. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    51. MauserMauser
    52. Light MineLight Mine
    53. Wind
    54. Light MineLight Mine
    55. MauserMauser
    56. Light MineLight Mine
    57. Wind
    58. Light MineLight Mine
    59. MauserMauser
    60. Light MineLight Mine
    61. Converter
    62. Light MineLight Mine
    63. Wind
    64. MauserMauser
    65. Light MineLight Mine
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Light MineLight Mine
    68. Con turret
    69. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    70. Wind
    71. MauserMauser
    72. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Light MineLight Mine ×3
    77. MauserMauser
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Light MineLight Mine
    80. Wind
    81. Light MineLight Mine
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Light MineLight Mine
    84. Wind
    85. MauserMauser
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    90. MauserMauser
    91. Wind ×2
    92. MauserMauser
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Con turret
    96. MauserMauser
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. JaguarJaguar
    101. Wind ×2
    102. JaguarJaguar
    103. Wind ×3
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Converter
    107. JaguarJaguar
    108. Wind ×2
    109. ShredderShredderdone 12:46
    110. Wind ×6
    111. ShredderShredder
    112. Wind ×3
    113. ShredderShredder
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Converter
    118. ShredderShredder
    119. Wind ×2
    120. ShredderShredder
    121. Wind ×6
    122. StarlightStarlight
    123. Wind
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. Wind ×2
    126. JaguarJaguar
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. JaguarJaguar
    130. Wind ×2
    131. JaguarJaguar
    132. Wind
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. StarlightStarlight
    136. Wind ×4
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. StarlightStarlight
    142. Wind ×9
    143. StarlightStarlight
    144. Wind ×6
    145. Converter ×2
    146. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 11/09/2026); 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 2:31 · 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 4:20 · in 35% 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

800 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082600
3:00152700
4:00270000
5:00372800
6:00572800
7:00814500
8:0011494021
9:001451051130
10:0017421615320
11:00204012076790
12:002333640221927
13:002607961903323
14:002899585234783
15:0031544103856248
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

Viltrum

40.7 OS · 11/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
276 metal received · 67267 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=799
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=798
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=797
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=578
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:42–7:41 · n=761
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:51 · n=723
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:31–9:53 · n=634

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