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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's usual economy-first play, teching up through geothermal and advanced metal extractor into T2 constructor and Starlight to supply front.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 874 distinct matches · 121 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 981 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 874 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 ~1:08, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:51 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · typical 1:08
  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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarusfor Pond
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawnfor Beach sea
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2for Pond
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:19 · typical 3:28
    12. Energy storage
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×4
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:53 · typical 5:35
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Converter
  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 6:41–7:34
    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 · 4 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:58 · 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
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: Jaguar (33%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 44 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×4
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Pond
    3. BlitzBlitz
    4. Con turret
    5. BlitzBlitz ×3
    6. Con turret
    7. BlitzBlitz ×4
    8. Con turret
    9. BlitzBlitz ×4
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:12 · typical 7:09
    14. BlitzBlitz
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    16. Converter
    17. BlitzBlitz
    18. Converter
    19. BlitzBlitz
    20. Converter
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Converter
    23. BlitzBlitz ×2
    24. Converter
    25. BlitzBlitz
    26. Converter
    27. BlitzBlitz
    28. Converter
    29. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. Converter
    42. BlitzBlitz ×3
    43. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    44. Wind ×3for Pond

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (35 OS, 12/10/2026); 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 2:27 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:44 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:21 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:51 · 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

981 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082100
3:00153200
4:00269200
5:00371600
6:00565300
7:00809300
8:0011505042
9:001453754130
10:0017433534260
11:00203811956666
12:002324439161810
13:002603260863209
14:002896885214596
15:0031674105735975
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

PongoPygmaeus

35.2 OS · 12/10/2026

Open source match ↗

104 received units · includes a constructor
1589 metal received · 20516 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:08Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=980
Geothermal Powerplant3:28Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=978
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:20–5:58 · n=974
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=947
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=702
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:40–8:38 · n=900
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:43 · n=801

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