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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 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 709 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 800 · 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 709 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 ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus ×3
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:04 · typical 3:26
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. Con turret ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×8
    19. Energy storage
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:17 · typical 5:34
  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 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:42–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (48%)

    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 · 6 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Con turret
    3. Con turretfor Front
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:12 · typical 7:06
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:17 · 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 · 87 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Con turret
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:57 · typical 8:07
    4. Con turret
    5. StarlightStarlightdone 8:13 · typical 9:03
    6. Converter ×2
    7. ProphetRadar vehicle
    8. Converter
    9. StarlightStarlight
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    12. Converter ×2
    13. StarlightStarlight
    14. Converter
    15. TracerTracer
    16. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    17. Converter
    18. StarlightStarlight
    19. Converter ×2
    20. ConsulConsul
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Converter
    23. ConsulConsul
    24. Converter
    25. BeamerBeamer
    26. ConsulConsul
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Converter
    29. ProphetRadar vehicle
    30. ConsulConsul
    31. BeamerBeamer
    32. Converter
    33. ConsulConsul
    34. Converter
    35. ConsulConsul
    36. Converter
    37. ShredderShredderdone 10:48
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    40. Wind
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. ShredderShredder
    44. Wind
    45. BeamerBeamer ×2
    46. Wind
    47. ShredderShredder
    48. Wind
    49. ShredderShredder
    50. Wind
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Wind
    53. ShredderShredder
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Mex
    56. Wind ×2
    57. BeamerBeamer
    58. Wind ×6
    59. StarlightStarlight
    60. Mex
    61. BeamerBeamer
    62. CitadelAnti-nuke
    63. StarlightStarlight
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Mex
    66. JaguarJaguar
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Con turret
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. Con turret
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Con turret ×2
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Con turret
    76. JaguarJaguar
    77. BeamerBeamer
    78. JaguarJaguar ×2
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. JaguarJaguar
    81. BeamerBeamer
    82. Con turret
    83. StarlightStarlight
    84. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    85. Wind
    86. StarlightStarlight
    87. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (44 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · 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

800 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082600
3:00152700
4:00270000
5:00372800
6:00572800
7:00814500
8:0011494021
9:001451051130
10:0017421615320
11:00204012076790
12:002333640221927
13:002607961903323
14:002899585234783
15:0031544103856248
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

Xad

44.3 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
499 metal received · 148443 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=799
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=798
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=797
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=578
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:42–7:41 · n=761
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:51 · n=723
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:31–9:53 · n=634

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