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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo play: rush geothermal energy and T2 constructor to bring early T2 units like Starlight to front.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 876 distinct matches · 121 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 983 · 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 876 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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:46 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×4
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. TickTick ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:05 · typical 3:27
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Converter ×3
    12. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Con turret ×4
    15. Converter ×3
  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 (46%)

    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. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×13
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×7
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:12 · typical 5:35
    7. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:47 · typical 7:09
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:17
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:03 · 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 · 45 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. T2 converter
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:37 · typical 8:03
    5. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. StarlightStarlight ×2done 8:57 · typical 9:01
    8. ProphetRadar vehicle
    9. UmbraJammer
    10. Con turret
    11. StarlightStarlight
    12. Energy storage
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Beach sea
    17. Wind ×2
    18. StarlightStarlight
    19. Wind ×19
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind
    24. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    25. Con turret ×2
    26. Wind ×5
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. CitadelAnti-nukedone 12:04
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Con turret
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Con turret
    34. JaguarJaguar ×2
    35. ShredderShredderdone 12:26
    36. Con turret
    37. ShredderShredder
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. BeamerBeamer
    41. JaguarJaguar ×2
    42. BeamerBeamer
    43. JaguarJaguar ×15
    44. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    45. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is dsys's (37 OS, 03/09/2026); 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 2:27 · 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 32% 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

983 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
11:00203831956666
12:002324839161810
13:002605060983209
14:002898085214596
15:0031709105745979
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

dsys

36.6 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
735 metal received · 204171 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=982
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=980
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:20–5:58 · n=976
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=949
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=704
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:39–8:38 · n=902
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:43 · n=801

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