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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Economy-first Geo that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor, then builds T2 units (mostly Starlight) to send to front while also supplying constructors and rez bots to allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 837 distinct matches · 118 players · 57% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 943 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 837 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 ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:52 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · typical 1:09
  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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:50 · typical 3:27
    16. Wind
    17. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    18. Wind ×6
    19. Con turret ×3
    20. Wind ×2
    21. 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 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:34
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (50%) · 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 · 35 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:58 · typical 5:35
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:12 · typical 7:09
    15. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:50
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. TickTick
    18. PawnPawn ×4
    19. SentrySentry
    20. PawnPawn
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. SentrySentry ×3
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. TickTick ×5
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Con turret
    30. CenturionCenturion
    31. Con turret
    32. CenturionCenturion
    33. Con turret
    34. Mex
    35. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:34 · 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 Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Jaguar (32%) · 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 · 132 steps
    1. CenturionCenturion
    2. Mex
    3. CenturionCenturionfor Front
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    9. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 9:09 · typical 8:04
    10. Converter ×2
    11. ShredderShredderdone 9:20
    12. Converter
    13. ShredderShredder ×2
    14. MauserMauser
    15. CenturionCenturion
    16. JaguarJaguar
    17. Wind
    18. JaguarJaguar
    19. Wind
    20. JaguarJaguar
    21. Wind
    22. MauserMauser
    23. Wind
    24. MauserMauser
    25. Wind
    26. MauserMauser
    27. Wind
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. Wind
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. BeamerBeamer
    34. JaguarJaguar
    35. MauserMauser
    36. BeamerBeamer
    37. MauserMauser
    38. Wind ×2
    39. MauserMauser
    40. Wind ×2
    41. StarlightStarlightdone 11:01 · typical 9:03
    42. Wind ×2
    43. PawnPawn
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    46. Wind
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Wind
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Mex
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. Wind
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. CenturionCenturion
    61. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    62. Wind ×3
    63. ShredderShredder
    64. TracerTracer
    65. StarlightStarlight
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. CenturionCenturion
    69. JaguarJaguar ×2
    70. Wind
    71. JaguarJaguar
    72. GruntGrunt
    73. JaguarJaguar
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind ×2
    77. StarlightStarlight
    78. Wind ×3
    79. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:32
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Wind
    82. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    83. ConsulConsul
    84. LazarusLazarus
    85. ConsulConsul
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. LazarusLazarus
    89. Wind
    90. ConsulConsul
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind ×2
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Wind ×2
    97. TickTick
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick ×2
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick ×3
    104. Wind
    105. UmbraJammer
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. TickTick
    110. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:36
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. TickTick
    114. Wind
    115. TickTick ×2
    116. Con turret
    117. Wind
    118. TickTick
    119. Wind
    120. StarlightStarlight
    121. TickTick
    122. Con turret
    123. AmbassadorAmbassador
    124. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    125. Wind
    126. Con turret
    127. Wind
    128. TickTick
    129. Wind
    130. TickTick
    131. Con turret
    132. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [MooDeng]NongJohn's (39 OS, 08/10/2026); 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 2:28 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

943 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00153100
4:00269400
5:00372000
6:00565500
7:00808700
8:0011491042
9:001451354130
10:0017431537260
11:00203831953660
12:002324939131810
13:002606559863205
14:002900183914570
15:0031746105055975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[MooDeng]NongJohn

39.0 OS · 08/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
661 metal received · 61981 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=942
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=940
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=937
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=905
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:38 · n=674
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:04Middle 50%: 7:40–8:39 · n=865
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:47 · n=763

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