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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 · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:27 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Converter
    10. Energy storage
    11. Mex
    12. Converter
    13. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:49 · typical 3:26
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Con turret ×4
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×3
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. 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 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 · 13 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Converter
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:19 · typical 5:34
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:57 · typical 7:08
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Solar ×2
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:06 · 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 · 62 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:36 · typical 8:05
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    4. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Converter
    7. GremlinStealth tank
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Converter
    10. TracerTracer
    11. GremlinStealth tank
    12. Converter
    13. GremlinStealth tank
    14. Converter
    15. GremlinStealth tank
    16. Converter
    17. BeholderBeholder
    18. StarlightStarlightdone 8:46 · typical 9:01
    19. Converter
    20. BeholderBeholder
    21. Converter
    22. UmbraJammer
    23. Converter
    24. ProphetRadar vehicle
    25. Converter
    26. BeholderBeholder
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Converter ×2
    29. StarlightStarlight
    30. Wind
    31. StarlightStarlight
    32. Wind
    33. StarlightStarlight
    34. Wind
    35. Energy storage
    36. ShredderShreddernot finished by 15:00
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. JaguarJaguar ×2
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. Wind
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Converter
    51. Wind
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Converter
    56. JaguarJaguar
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind
    61. Converter
    62. Wind ×7

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 87% 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

zeus_on_god

38.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1410 metal received · 51831 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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