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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. TickTick ×4
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Mex
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Converter
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 4:17 · typical 3:26
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Converter
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
  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 · 8 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Con turret
    5. Converter
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00 · 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 · 181 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:24 · typical 5:34
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:03 · typical 7:06
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. NettleNettle ×5
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:22
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    15. Metal storage
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. Converter
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. BlitzBlitz
    22. Converter
    23. BlitzBlitz
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Converter
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Converter
    33. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. SentrySentry
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. SentrySentry
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Converter
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Converter
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    45. Converter
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Converter
    50. BlitzBlitz
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. BlitzBlitz
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. BlitzBlitz
    57. Wind
    58. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    64. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    65. Wind
    66. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    67. Converter
    68. Wind
    69. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    70. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:00
    71. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    75. BlitzBlitz
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. BlitzBlitz
    79. Wind
    80. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    81. Wind
    82. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front
    83. Wind
    84. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    90. Wind
    91. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    92. Wind
    93. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    94. Wind
    95. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    96. Con turret
    97. Wind
    98. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    102. Wind
    103. Converter
    104. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    105. Wind
    106. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    107. Wind
    108. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    109. Converter
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    111. Wind
    112. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    113. Wind
    114. BlitzBlitz ×2for Front
    115. Wind
    116. BlitzBlitz ×3for Front
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Converter
    123. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:34
    124. Wind
    125. StormbringerBomber
    126. Wind
    127. StormbringerBomber
    128. Wind ×2
    129. StormbringerBomber ×2
    130. Wind
    131. StormbringerBomber ×2
    132. Wind ×2
    133. StormbringerBomber
    134. Wind
    135. StormbringerBomber ×2
    136. Wind
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind
    139. StormbringerBomber
    140. Wind
    141. StormbringerBomber
    142. Wind
    143. StormbringerBomber
    144. Wind
    145. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:41 · typical 8:09
    146. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    147. Wind ×2
    148. JaguarJaguar
    149. Wind
    150. JaguarJaguar
    151. Wind
    152. JaguarJaguar
    153. Wind
    154. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    155. Wind
    156. JaguarJaguar
    157. Wind
    158. JaguarJaguar
    159. Wind
    160. JaguarJaguar
    161. Wind
    162. JaguarJaguar
    163. Wind
    164. JaguarJaguar
    165. Wind
    166. JaguarJaguar
    167. Wind
    168. JaguarJaguar
    169. Wind ×2
    170. JaguarJaguar ×2
    171. Wind
    172. JaguarJaguar
    173. Wind
    174. JaguarJaguar
    175. Wind
    176. JaguarJaguar
    177. Wind
    178. JaguarJaguar
    179. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 14:39
    180. Wind
    181. AmbassadorAmbassador ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

ManBearPig_

38.0 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
599 metal received · 79948 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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