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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play: geothermal into T2 constructor and Advanced Geothermal, then T2 units like Starlight brought to front for the team.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1302 distinct matches · 230 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1523 · 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 1302 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 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:41 · 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
    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 · 26 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus ×2
    12. Energy storage
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:24 · typical 3:29
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×4
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:04 · typical 5:38
    25. Con turret
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
  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 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (48%) · wind (41%)

    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 · 5 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:52 · typical 7:11
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • 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
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 56 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:55
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:29 · typical 8:02
    5. Converter
    6. MauserMauser
    7. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    8. Converter
    9. MauserMauser ×4
    10. Energy storage
    11. BullBulldone 8:24
    12. Converter
    13. BullBull
    14. UmbraJammer
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. StarlightStarlightdone 9:16 · typical 9:04
    18. Wind
    19. StarlightStarlight
    20. Wind
    21. BullBull
    22. JaguarJaguar ×3
    23. Wind
    24. JaguarJaguar ×3
    25. Wind
    26. JaguarJaguar
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Front
    28. JaguarJaguar ×2
    29. Wind
    30. JaguarJaguar ×2
    31. ThugThug
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Wind
    34. TrasherTrasher
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. StarlightStarlight
    37. Wind
    38. JaguarJaguar
    39. Wind
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. Wind ×2
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    45. Wind
    46. HoundHound
    47. Wind ×4
    48. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    49. Wind ×6
    50. Con turret
    51. Metal storage
    52. ConsulConsul ×2
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. ConsulConsul ×2
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. Con turret ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Slow_but_sure's (31 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · 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

1523 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085400
3:00152700
4:00267200
5:00369500
6:00564300
7:00802400
8:001134301
9:00144084385
10:0017280480204
11:00201311745534
12:002301236181634
13:002574358182989
14:002858982054440
15:0031360102015610
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

Slow_but_sure

31.4 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

19 received units · includes a constructor
813 metal received · 261982 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:11Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1522
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:12–3:47 · n=1515
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1514
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1472
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1101
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:02Middle 50%: 7:40–8:34 · n=1407
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=1271

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