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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 660 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · 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 660 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Energy storage
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:44 · 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
    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 · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×4
    3. Mex
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:26 · typical 3:26
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret ×4
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:05 · typical 5:34
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Converter
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:29 · 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, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 145 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. BlitzBlitz ×3
    3. BeamerBeamer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. BlitzBlitz ×4
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. SentrySentry
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. SentrySentry
    12. BlitzBlitz ×3
    13. Con turret
    14. BlitzBlitz ×2
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. BlitzBlitz ×2
    18. Wind
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. BlitzBlitz
    23. Wind
    24. BlitzBlitz
    25. Wind
    26. BlitzBlitz
    27. Wind
    28. BlitzBlitz
    29. Wind
    30. BlitzBlitz
    31. Wind
    32. BlitzBlitz
    33. Wind
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. BlitzBlitz
    41. PrudePrudedone 8:29
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind
    45. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind
    49. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. Converter
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:01
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitz
    67. Converter
    68. Con turret
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Converter
    72. Con turret
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Converter
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Wind
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Converter
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BeamerBeamer
    83. BlitzBlitz
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. BlitzBlitz ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz ×3
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. BlitzBlitz
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Converter
    98. BlitzBlitz
    99. Wind
    100. Converter
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. Converter
    103. Wind
    104. BlitzBlitz
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Converter
    109. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:01
    110. Wind
    111. LazarusLazarus
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. Wind
    115. BeamerBeamer
    116. Wind ×3
    117. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:27
    118. Wind
    119. BeamerBeamer
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:34
    122. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    123. Wind
    124. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    125. Wind
    126. BlitzBlitz
    127. Wind
    128. BlitzBlitz
    129. Wind
    130. BlitzBlitz ×3
    131. Wind
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. Wind
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. Con turret
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. Wind
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. Wind
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Con turret
    145. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Viltrum's (41 OS, 15/09/2026); 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 2:31 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 35% 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

745 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00152300
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00572900
7:00813000
8:0011459021
9:001448951130
10:0017405565280
11:00203772074790
12:002330539401940
13:002606259613304
14:002898883214785
15:0031497101726196
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

Viltrum

40.9 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2907 metal received · 156910 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=744
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=743
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:56 · n=742
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=552
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:41 · n=705
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:09Middle 50%: 7:41–8:54 · n=669
Starlight9:06Middle 50%: 8:32–9:53 · n=583

Played most by

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