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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: rush eco and T2 constructor, then bring Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1457 distinct matches · 255 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1682 · 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 1457 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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
    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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:09 · typical 3:29
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret
    10. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Converter ×9
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:02 · typical 5:38
    16. Converter
    17. 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 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:38–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (48%) · wind (40%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Con turret ×2
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:34 · typical 7:11
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:40
    8. StormbringerBomber ×2for Air
    9. StormbringerBomber
    10. StormbringerBomber ×3for Air
    11. StormbringerBomber ×3
    12. StormbringerBomber ×3for Air
    13. StormbringerBomber
    14. StormbringerBomber ×2for Air
    15. StormbringerBomber
    16. StormbringerBomber ×4for Air
    17. FalconFighter ×2
    18. FalconFighter ×6for Air
    19. FalconFighter ×2
    20. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:43 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (48%) · Jaguar (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 73 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. BlitzBlitz
    3. FalconFighter
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. FalconFighter
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. FalconFighterfor Air
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. FalconFighter
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. FalconFighter
    12. BlitzBlitz
    13. FalconFighterfor Air
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. FalconFighter
    16. BlitzBlitz
    17. FalconFighterfor Air
    18. BlitzBlitz
    19. FalconFighter
    20. BlitzBlitz ×18
    21. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    22. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    23. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:22 · typical 8:02
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. UmbraJammer
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:04
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    33. StarlightStarlight ×5
    34. JaguarJaguar ×3
    35. Wind ×3
    36. JaguarJaguar
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. JaguarJaguar
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. JaguarJaguar
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (34 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 74% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 85% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:53 · 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

1682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0086400
3:00152800
4:00266700
5:00369400
6:00563100
7:00799500
8:001130200
9:00143784274
10:0017244479188
11:00200911748520
12:002295536751560
13:002572759872937
14:002853883294403
15:0031314103405535
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

PongoPygmaeus

34.1 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1612 metal received · 78968 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1681
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:12–3:47 · n=1673
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:22–6:03 · n=1673
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:38–7:32 · n=1625
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:43 · n=1226
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:02Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1558
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:33–9:49 · n=1406

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