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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 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. TickTick ×5
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:12 · typical 3:26
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×3
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:20 · typical 5:33
    25. Wind ×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 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:40
    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 · 8 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind ×12
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. PrudePrudedone 6:45
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:50 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 144 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Wind ×7
    6. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:40 · typical 8:06
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    14. Wind ×5
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×3
    17. UmbraJammer
    18. Wind ×3
    19. ProphetRadar vehicle
    20. Converter
    21. Wind ×9
    22. StarlightStarlightdone 8:47 · typical 9:02
    23. Converter
    24. Wind ×4
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind ×2
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Converter
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. StarlightStarlight
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×3
    45. StarlightStarlight
    46. Wind ×4
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. ConsulConsul
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Converter
    55. ConsulConsul
    56. Wind ×3
    57. SentrySentry
    58. Converter
    59. ConsulConsul
    60. Wind ×2
    61. ConsulConsul
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. Metal storage
    70. Wind ×4
    71. Converter
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    76. Wind ×3
    77. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    78. Converter
    79. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    80. Wind ×3
    81. PlatypusPlatypus
    82. Converter
    83. PlatypusPlatypus
    84. Wind
    85. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. Wind
    91. Converter
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Wind ×2
    94. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    95. Wind
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Wind
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. Converter
    100. Wind
    101. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. PlatypusPlatypus
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Con turret
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Wind
    111. PlatypusPlatypus
    112. Converter
    113. Wind
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Wind
    118. Con turret
    119. Wind
    120. PlatypusPlatypus
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. PlatypusPlatypus
    124. Wind
    125. PlatypusPlatypus
    126. Wind
    127. Con turret
    128. PlatypusPlatypus
    129. Con turret
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. T2 converter
    133. PlatypusPlatypus
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Converter
    136. Wind
    137. T2 converter
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Con turret
    141. Wind
    142. Con turret ×2
    143. Wind
    144. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 2:30 · 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 4:19 · in 34% 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

Damsko

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
364 metal received · 32080 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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