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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play, teching up through geothermal and advanced metal extractor into T2 constructor and Starlight to supply front.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 874 distinct matches · 121 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 981 · 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 874 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 ~1:08, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:51 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 1:08
  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. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:18 · typical 3:28
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Energy storage
    25. Converter
    26. Con turret
    27. Converter ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. Converter ×2
  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 6:41–7:34
    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 · 10 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 5:35 · typical 5:35
    4. NettleNettle ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. NettleNettle ×2
    7. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:23 · typical 7:09
    8. FerretFerret ×2
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:45 · 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 Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: Jaguar (33%) · 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 · 140 steps
    1. Con turret ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:11 · typical 8:03
    4. Converter
    5. ShredderShreddernot finished by 15:00
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    9. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    10. Wind
    11. ShredderShredder
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. ShredderShredder
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. ShredderShredder
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JaguarJaguar
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. JaguarJaguar
    28. Wind ×2
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. Wind
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. StarlightStarlightdone 9:45 · typical 9:01
    36. Wind
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind ×3
    42. StarlightStarlight
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    44. Converter
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. Converter
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. Converter
    49. UmbraJammer
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Con turret
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. ProphetRadar vehicle
    54. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:34
    55. UmbraJammer
    56. Converter
    57. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Converter
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    62. Converter
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    65. Converter
    66. TickTick
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. Converter
    70. TickTick
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. Converter
    74. TickTick
    75. ShredderShredder
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. TickTick ×4
    78. ShredderShredder
    79. TickTick ×4
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. TickTick
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    83. TickTick
    84. StarlightStarlight
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    86. TickTick
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. TickTick
    89. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    92. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    93. TickTick ×4
    94. SentrySentry
    95. TickTick
    96. StarlightStarlight
    97. SentrySentry
    98. TickTick
    99. SentrySentry
    100. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:52
    101. TickTick
    102. SentrySentry
    103. TickTick
    104. Wind
    105. TickTick ×3
    106. StarlightStarlight
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick ×4
    110. Wind
    111. TickTick ×3
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick ×2
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick
    116. Converter
    117. TickTick ×2
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick ×2
    120. Wind
    121. TracerTracer
    122. TickTick ×3
    123. Converter
    124. StarlightStarlight
    125. TickTick ×4
    126. Wind
    127. TickTick ×2
    128. AmbassadorAmbassador
    129. TickTick ×7
    130. Converter
    131. TickTick
    132. AmbassadorAmbassador
    133. TickTick
    134. Converter
    135. TickTick ×2
    136. Wind
    137. TickTick ×4
    138. AmbassadorAmbassador ×2
    139. TickTick
    140. Wind ×12

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]Matsuri's (39 OS, 11/10/2026); 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 2:27 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:44 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:21 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:51 · 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082100
3:00153200
4:00269200
5:00371600
6:00565300
7:00809300
8:0011505042
9:001453754130
10:0017433534260
11:00203811956666
12:002324439161810
13:002603260863209
14:002896885214596
15:0031674105735975
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

[Grump]Matsuri

39.1 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
2797 metal received · 183377 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:08Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=980
Geothermal Powerplant3:28Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=978
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:20–5:58 · n=974
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=947
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=702
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:40–8:38 · n=900
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:43 · n=801

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