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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 · 749 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 843 · 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 749 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. TickTick ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:46 · typical 3:26
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×4
    16. BeaverBeaver
    17. Converter ×2
    18. GroundhogGroundhog
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 5:45 · typical 8:07
    21. Converter
  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 (48%)

    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 · 1 step
    1. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 4:24 · 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 (48%) · 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 · 122 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Light MineLight Mine ×5
    5. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Pond
    6. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:36 · typical 5:33
    9. Medium MineMedium Mine ×3
    10. Con turret
    11. Medium MineMedium Mine
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    16. PrudePrudedone 8:40
    17. Converter
    18. Medium MineMedium Mine
    19. ConsulConsul
    20. Converter
    21. Medium MineMedium Mine
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Converter
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Medium MineMedium Mine
    30. BeholderBeholder
    31. Medium MineMedium Mine
    32. Wind ×3
    33. Medium MineMedium Mine
    34. Wind
    35. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    38. Wind
    39. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. Wind
    42. JaguarJaguar
    43. Wind
    44. Medium MineMedium Mine
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Wind
    47. BeholderBeholder
    48. JaguarJaguar
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. ConsulConsul
    52. Wind
    53. ProphetRadar vehicle
    54. Wind
    55. UmbraJammer
    56. Wind
    57. UmbraJammerfor Suicide front
    58. Wind ×2
    59. UmbraJammer
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    62. UmbraJammer
    63. JunoJuno
    64. Wind
    65. UmbraJammer
    66. Wind
    67. StarlightStarlightdone 11:34 · typical 9:02
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Pit BullPit Bull
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Medium MineMedium Mine
    72. Wind
    73. Medium MineMedium Mine
    74. Wind
    75. Medium MineMedium Mine
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Medium MineMedium Mine
    78. Wind ×2
    79. StarlightStarlight
    80. Medium MineMedium Mine
    81. Wind
    82. ShredderShredderdone 11:54
    83. Wind
    84. Medium MineMedium Mine
    85. Wind
    86. StarlightStarlight
    87. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    88. Medium MineMedium Mine
    89. Wind
    90. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    91. Wind
    92. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    93. StarlightStarlight
    94. Wind
    95. Medium MineMedium Mine
    96. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexnot finished by 15:00
    97. Medium MineMedium Mine
    98. Wind
    99. StarlightStarlight
    100. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    101. Energy storage
    102. Medium MineMedium Mine
    103. ProphetRadar vehicle
    104. Medium MineMedium Mine
    105. UmbraJammer
    106. Medium MineMedium Mine
    107. Converter
    108. StarlightStarlight
    109. Construction ShipCon ship
    110. Converter
    111. ConsulConsul
    112. Converter
    113. AnemoneAnemone
    114. Wind
    115. ConsulConsul
    116. Converter ×2
    117. Wind
    118. Converter ×2
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    121. AnemoneAnemone
    122. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% 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

843 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816600
8:0011505021
9:001453251130
10:0017435630320
11:00204162108831
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

0neTw0

40.6 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units
1591 metal received · 156128 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=842
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=841
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=840
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=604
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=803
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=765
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=669

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