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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 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. Con turret
    8. Energy storage
    9. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:44 · typical 3:26
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:58 · typical 5:33
    23. Converter
    24. 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 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 (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 · 8 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Converter ×3
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:44 · typical 7:06
    5. Converter ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter ×2
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:50 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 84 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:23 · typical 8:06
    5. Converter
    6. StarlightStarlightdone 7:43 · typical 9:02
    7. Converter ×4
    8. StarlightStarlight
    9. Converter ×2
    10. UmbraJammer
    11. Wind
    12. ProphetRadar vehicle
    13. Wind
    14. JaguarJaguar
    15. Wind
    16. JaguarJaguar
    17. Wind
    18. JaguarJaguar
    19. Wind
    20. JaguarJaguar
    21. Wind
    22. JaguarJaguar
    23. Wind
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind ×3
    26. StarlightStarlight
    27. Wind
    28. ThugThug
    29. AggravatorAggravator
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. ThugThug
    34. JaguarJaguar
    35. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    36. ThugThug
    37. JaguarJaguar ×2
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:12
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. ShredderShredderdone 10:38
    42. BlitzBlitz
    43. AggravatorAggravator
    44. ShredderShredder
    45. SentrySentry
    46. UmbraJammer
    47. SentrySentry
    48. ProphetRadar vehicle
    49. SentrySentry
    50. StarlightStarlight
    51. SentrySentry
    52. LazarusLazarus
    53. StarlightStarlight
    54. SentrySentry
    55. LazarusLazarus
    56. ShredderShredder ×2
    57. JaguarJaguar ×5
    58. FerretFerret
    59. Con turret
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Wind
    62. Con turret
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Wind ×2
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. FerretFerret
    68. Wind
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Wind
    71. FerretFerret
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. Wind
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Wind
    76. JaguarJaguar
    77. Wind
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. Wind
    80. JaguarJaguar
    81. Wind
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. Wind
    84. JaguarJaguar ×6

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [crd]sisa's (45 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 2:30 · 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
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

[crd]sisa

44.7 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
102 metal received · 171600 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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