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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 660 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · 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 660 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 ~1:12, 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 ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · typical 1:12
  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 · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:07 · typical 3:26
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Con turret ×4
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter ×3
    16. Energy storage
    17. Converter ×2
    18. NettleNettle ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 125 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind ×12
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:18 · typical 5:34
    4. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:47 · typical 7:06
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    6. TickTick ×8
    7. Con turret
    8. TickTick ×7
    9. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:51
    10. TickTick ×3
    11. StormbringerBomber
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. StormbringerBomber
    14. TickTick
    15. Converter
    16. StormbringerBomber
    17. TickTick
    18. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    19. TickTick ×2
    20. StormbringerBomber
    21. Con turret
    22. TickTick ×3
    23. Converter
    24. StormbringerBomber
    25. TickTick
    26. Con turret
    27. TickTick
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. StormbringerBomber
    31. TickTick ×2
    32. StormbringerBomber
    33. TickTick
    34. Converter
    35. TickTick
    36. StormbringerBomber
    37. TickTick
    38. StormbringerBomber
    39. TickTick
    40. FalconFighterfor Air
    41. Converter
    42. TickTick
    43. FalconFighterfor Air
    44. TickTick
    45. FalconFighterfor Air
    46. TickTick
    47. Converter
    48. FalconFighterfor Air
    49. TickTick
    50. FalconFighterfor Air
    51. TickTick
    52. Converter
    53. FalconFighterfor Air
    54. TickTick
    55. FalconFighterfor Air
    56. TickTick
    57. Converter
    58. FalconFighterfor Air
    59. TickTick ×2
    60. FalconFighterfor Air
    61. Converter
    62. TickTick
    63. FalconFighterfor Air
    64. TickTick
    65. FalconFighterfor Air
    66. Converter
    67. TickTick
    68. FalconFighterfor Air
    69. TickTick
    70. FalconFighterfor Air
    71. TickTick
    72. Converter
    73. FalconFighter
    74. TickTick
    75. StormbringerBomber
    76. Converter
    77. TickTick
    78. StormbringerBomber
    79. TickTick
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick
    82. StormbringerBomber
    83. TickTick
    84. StormbringerBomber
    85. TickTick ×2
    86. StormbringerBomber
    87. TickTick
    88. StormbringerBomber
    89. TickTick
    90. StormbringerBomber
    91. TickTick
    92. StormbringerBomber
    93. TickTick
    94. StormbringerBomber
    95. TickTick ×2
    96. StormbringerBomber
    97. FalconFighter
    98. TickTick
    99. FalconFighter
    100. TickTick
    101. FalconFighter
    102. TickTick
    103. FalconFighter
    104. TickTick
    105. FalconFighter
    106. TickTick
    107. FalconFighter
    108. TickTick
    109. FalconFighter
    110. TickTick
    111. FalconFighter
    112. TickTick
    113. FalconFighter
    114. TickTick
    115. FalconFighter
    116. TickTick
    117. FalconFighter
    118. TickTick
    119. FalconFighter
    120. TickTick
    121. FalconFighter
    122. TickTick
    123. FalconFighter
    124. TickTick
    125. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:24 · 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, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. TickTick ×4
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. TickTick ×3
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 10:50 · typical 8:09
    6. TickTick ×8
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    8. TickTick ×3
    9. ConsulConsul
    10. TickTick
    11. ConsulConsul
    12. TickTick
    13. JaguarJaguar
    14. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Cookie]Baby_Evis's (41 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 2:31 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 35% 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

745 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00152300
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00572900
7:00813000
8:0011459021
9:001448951130
10:0017405565280
11:00203772074790
12:002330539401940
13:002606259613304
14:002898883214785
15:0031497101726196
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

[Cookie]Baby_Evis

41.1 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

52 received units · includes a constructor
330 metal received · 88220 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=744
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=743
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:56 · n=742
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=552
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:41 · n=705
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:09Middle 50%: 7:41–8:54 · n=669
Starlight9:06Middle 50%: 8:32–9:53 · n=583

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