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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 0:54 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:41 · typical 3:26
    13. Mex
    14. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    15. LazarusLazarus ×2
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×3
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×2
    24. 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 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:38
    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 · 18 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:53 · typical 5:34
    13. PrudePrudedone 7:36
    14. Converter
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:42 · 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
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (49%) · Jaguar (32%)

    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 · 114 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Converter
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:19 · typical 8:05
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. StarlightStarlightdone 9:05 · typical 9:01
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. HarpoonHarpoon
    23. UmbraJammer
    24. Wind
    25. ProphetRadar vehicle
    26. Converter
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Converter
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×4
    32. Con turret
    33. ShredderShredderdone 10:09
    34. Wind ×3
    35. ShredderShredder
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. ShredderShredder
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. ShredderShredder
    43. Wind ×2
    44. ShredderShredder
    45. Wind ×2
    46. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 11:10
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. StarlightStarlight
    53. Wind ×6
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Converter
    57. ConsulConsul ×2
    58. Wind ×2
    59. ConsulConsul
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    63. Converter
    64. Wind
    65. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:24
    66. Metal storage
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    70. Wind ×3
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Converter
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Con turret
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Con turret
    85. Construction ShipCon ship
    86. Wind ×2
    87. SentrySentry
    88. ConsulConsul
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. Converter
    93. ConsulConsul
    94. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:16
    95. Wind
    96. ConsulConsul
    97. Wind ×3
    98. EelSubmarinedone 14:32
    99. ArbalestArbalest
    100. Wind
    101. Converter
    102. EelSubmarine
    103. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    104. Wind
    105. EelSubmarine
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. EelSubmarine
    110. Wind ×2
    111. NettleNettle
    112. EelSubmarine
    113. Wind
    114. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:18 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

Godmother13

38.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
325 metal received · 198050 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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