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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 0:54 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Energy storagefor Pond
    10. Con turret
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:13 · typical 3:26
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×11
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. Wind ×12
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:12 · typical 5:34
    20. Wind
  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 6:41–7:38
    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 · 9 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Wind
    3. PrudePrudedone 6:47
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:07 · typical 7:07
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine6Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 11 wind, 12 converter, 7 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (49%) · Jaguar (32%)

    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 · 119 steps
    1. BeholderBeholder
    2. BeaverBeaver
    3. GroundhogGroundhog
    4. BeholderBeholder
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:46 · typical 8:05
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind ×13
    8. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    9. Wind
    10. Light MineLight Mine ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Light MineLight Mine
    13. ConsulConsul
    14. Wind
    15. Light MineLight Mine
    16. Wind
    17. Light MineLight Mine
    18. ProphetRadar vehicle
    19. Wind
    20. Light MineLight Mine
    21. Wind
    22. Light MineLight Mine
    23. UmbraJammer
    24. Light MineLight Mine
    25. JunoJuno
    26. Wind
    27. StarlightStarlightdone 8:55 · typical 9:01
    28. Light MineLight Mine
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Medium MineMedium Mine
    31. StarlightStarlightfor Pond
    32. Wind
    33. Medium MineMedium Mine
    34. Wind
    35. BeholderBeholder
    36. Wind
    37. Medium MineMedium Mine
    38. Wind
    39. StarlightStarlight
    40. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Medium MineMedium Mine
    43. Wind
    44. Medium MineMedium Mine
    45. StarlightStarlight
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Medium MineMedium Mine
    48. Wind
    49. Medium MineMedium Mine
    50. Wind
    51. Medium MineMedium Mine ×2
    52. Wind
    53. StarlightStarlight
    54. Wind
    55. Medium MineMedium Mine
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Medium MineMedium Mine
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Medium MineMedium Mine
    60. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    61. Wind
    62. Medium MineMedium Mine
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Medium MineMedium Mine
    65. Wind ×4
    66. Medium MineMedium Mine
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Medium MineMedium Mine
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Medium MineMedium Mine
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Medium MineMedium Mine
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Medium MineMedium Mine
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Medium MineMedium Mine
    77. Wind
    78. CitadelAnti-nukedone 13:50
    79. Medium MineMedium Mine
    80. StarlightStarlight
    81. Wind
    82. Medium MineMedium Mine
    83. Wind
    84. Medium MineMedium Mine
    85. Energy storage
    86. Wind
    87. StarlightStarlight
    88. Wind
    89. Medium MineMedium Mine
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. Medium MineMedium Mine
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Medium MineMedium Mine
    95. Wind ×3
    96. Medium MineMedium Mine
    97. StarlightStarlight
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Medium MineMedium Mine
    100. Wind
    101. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    102. Wind
    103. Medium MineMedium Mine
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Medium MineMedium Mine
    106. Wind ×2
    107. ProphetRadar vehicle
    108. Medium MineMedium Mine
    109. Wind
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. UmbraJammer
    112. Wind ×2
    113. StarlightStarlight
    114. Medium MineMedium Mine
    115. Wind ×2
    116. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    117. Wind ×3
    118. StarlightStarlight
    119. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is 0neTw0's (41 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:18 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

0neTw0

41.0 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
540 metal received · 120512 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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