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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy opening leading into T2 constructor and Starlight units sent to front as the team's first T2 push.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #push · 762 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 857 · 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 762 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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:19 · 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 · 7 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    9. Energy storage
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:39 · typical 3:26
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. Con turret
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Con turret
  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 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×4done 5:30 · typical 5:34
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:48 · typical 7:07
    3. 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 (49%) · 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 · 159 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantnot finished by 15:00
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:38 · typical 8:07
    5. Converter ×7
    6. UmbraJammer
    7. Converter ×3
    8. ProphetRadar vehicle
    9. Converter ×3
    10. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    11. Converter ×2
    12. StarlightStarlightdone 8:32 · typical 9:03
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×7
    15. Converter
    16. StarlightStarlight
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×6
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Wind
    24. Con turret
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:31
    26. Con turret
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. StarlightStarlight
    29. BlitzBlitz
    30. Wind ×2
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. StarlightStarlight
    34. BlitzBlitz
    35. Wind ×3
    36. BlitzBlitz
    37. Wind ×2
    38. BlitzBlitz
    39. Wind
    40. JunoJuno
    41. Wind
    42. RoverScout
    43. GremlinStealth tank
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz
    46. GremlinStealth tank
    47. Wind
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Wind
    50. GremlinStealth tank
    51. JunoJuno
    52. BlitzBlitz
    53. Wind
    54. GremlinStealth tank
    55. Wind
    56. GremlinStealth tank
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Wind
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. GremlinStealth tank
    62. Wind ×2
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Wind ×2
    65. UmbraJammer
    66. RoverScout
    67. ProphetRadar vehicle
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Wind
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind
    73. BlitzBlitz
    74. Wind ×2
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:42
    80. BlitzBlitz
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×2
    83. Wind
    84. RoverScout
    85. BlitzBlitz ×2
    86. RoverScout
    87. Wind
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Wind
    90. BlitzBlitz ×2
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. BlitzBlitz ×2
    95. Wind
    96. BlitzBlitz
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitz ×2
    99. RoverScout
    100. Wind
    101. JaguarJaguar
    102. BlitzBlitz ×2
    103. RoverScout
    104. Wind
    105. JaguarJaguar
    106. BlitzBlitz ×3
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2
    109. Wind
    110. BlitzBlitz
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2
    115. Wind
    116. RoverScout
    117. JaguarJaguar
    118. BlitzBlitz ×2
    119. Wind
    120. RoverScout
    121. BlitzBlitz ×2
    122. Wind
    123. BlitzBlitz ×2
    124. JaguarJaguar
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. Wind
    127. BlitzBlitz ×4
    128. JaguarJaguar
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. RoverScout
    131. BlitzBlitz ×2
    132. RoverScout
    133. BlitzBlitz
    134. JaguarJaguar
    135. BlitzBlitz ×5
    136. JaguarJaguar
    137. BlitzBlitz ×4
    138. RoverScout
    139. JaguarJaguar
    140. BlitzBlitz ×2
    141. JaguarJaguar
    142. RoverScout
    143. BlitzBlitz ×2
    144. Wind
    145. BlitzBlitz ×2
    146. JaguarJaguar
    147. BlitzBlitz ×2
    148. Wind
    149. BlitzBlitz ×3
    150. JaguarJaguar
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. RoverScout
    153. BlitzBlitz ×2
    154. JaguarJaguar
    155. Wind
    156. RoverScout
    157. BlitzBlitz ×4
    158. JaguarJaguar
    159. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is mnt's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); 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 87% 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

857 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270600
5:00372900
6:00572000
7:00814000
8:0011502021
9:001450952130
10:0017425627320
11:00204052075790
12:002330539821933
13:002611260863295
14:002900184934700
15:0031601103396090
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

mnt

36.0 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2213 metal received · 306766 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=856
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=854
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=853
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=617
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=816
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:47 · n=777
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=682

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