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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 · 801 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 901 · 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 801 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:57 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2for Beach sea
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex
    8. Mexfor Beach sea
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:07 · typical 3:26
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Mexfor Beach sea
    14. Con turret ×6
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 11 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:47 · typical 5:34
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Converter ×3
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter ×3
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:18 · typical 7:08
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:21 · 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 · 113 steps
    1. Converter
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. Converter
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Converter
    6. BlitzBlitz ×11
    7. Con turret
    8. BlitzBlitz ×5
    9. FerretFerret
    10. BlitzBlitz ×4
    11. FerretFerret
    12. BlitzBlitz ×4
    13. FerretFerret
    14. BlitzBlitz ×3
    15. SentrySentry
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. SentrySentry
    18. BlitzBlitz ×3
    19. SentrySentry
    20. BlitzBlitz ×10
    21. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:43
    22. BlitzBlitz ×2
    23. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    24. BlitzBlitz ×8
    25. SmugglerJammer bot
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. CompassRadar bot
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. SharpshooterSniper botdone 10:28
    30. BlitzBlitz ×2
    31. SharpshooterSniper bot ×4
    32. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:16
    33. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    34. Wind
    35. StormbringerBomber
    36. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    37. StormbringerBomber
    38. Wind ×2
    39. StormbringerBomber
    40. Metal storage
    41. Wind
    42. StormbringerBomber
    43. Wind ×3
    44. StormbringerBomber
    45. Wind ×2
    46. StormbringerBomber
    47. Wind ×2
    48. StormbringerBomber
    49. FatboyFatboyfor Ponddone 12:12
    50. Wind
    51. StormbringerBomber
    52. Wind ×2
    53. StormbringerBomber
    54. Wind ×3
    55. StormbringerBomber
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz ×2
    59. Con turret
    60. StormbringerBomber
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitz
    63. Wind
    64. StormbringerBomber
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Wind
    68. StormbringerBomber
    69. BlitzBlitz
    70. Wind ×2
    71. StormbringerBomber
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Wind
    74. StormbringerBomber
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind ×2
    77. StormbringerBomber
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. StormbringerBomber
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. StormbringerBomber
    84. Wind
    85. StormbringerBomber
    86. BlitzBlitz
    87. Wind
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. Wind ×2
    91. StormbringerBomber
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Wind
    97. StormbringerBomber
    98. Wind
    99. BlitzBlitz
    100. StormbringerBomber
    101. BlitzBlitz
    102. Con turret
    103. StormbringerBomber
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2
    105. Con turret
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz
    109. Wind
    110. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    111. Wind
    112. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 14:26 · typical 8:05
    113. Wind ×12

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DRM's (43 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 88% 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

901 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00269800
5:00372500
6:00567500
7:00812200
8:0011485021
9:001449651129
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002326839401876
13:002605060073262
14:002894284044635
15:0031601104086061
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

DRM

43.5 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
630 metal received · 72754 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=900
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=898
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=895
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=860
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:36 · n=645
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=820
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:48 · n=723

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