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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 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:35 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:04 · typical 3:26
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret ×5
    11. Converter ×7
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×5
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind ×4
  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 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 · 13 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:33 · typical 5:33
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Converter
    6. PrudePrudedone 6:34
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Wind
    13. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:51 · 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 (49%) · 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 · 180 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Converter
    6. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:43 · typical 8:06
    9. Wind ×3
    10. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    11. Wind ×4
    12. UmbraJammer
    13. Wind
    14. ProphetRadar vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. StarlightStarlightdone 8:38 · typical 9:02
    17. Wind ×6
    18. Con turret ×2
    19. JaguarJaguar
    20. Wind ×2
    21. JaguarJaguar
    22. Wind ×2
    23. JaguarJaguar
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. ShredderShredderdone 9:22
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. ShredderShredder
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. Con turret
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Con turret
    37. JaguarJaguar
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Con turret
    40. JaguarJaguar
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Con turret
    43. StarlightStarlight
    44. Wind
    45. SentrySentry
    46. Wind ×11
    47. Con turret
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. StarlightStarlight
    51. Converter ×2
    52. Wind
    53. SentrySentry
    54. Converter
    55. Wind ×5
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Converter
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Wind ×3
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Wind ×2
    63. SentrySentry
    64. Wind
    65. StarlightStarlight
    66. Wind ×7
    67. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00
    68. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    69. Wind
    70. Converter
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:20
    75. Wind
    76. Converter
    77. Wind ×2
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. Wind ×7
    80. TickTick
    81. Wind
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Wind ×3
    84. TickTick
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Wind
    88. TickTick
    89. Converter
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Converter
    92. Wind ×2
    93. TickTick ×2
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick
    96. Converter
    97. Wind ×2
    98. TickTick ×2
    99. Wind ×2
    100. TickTick
    101. Wind
    102. TickTick
    103. Wind ×2
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind ×2
    110. TickTick
    111. Wind ×2
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. Converter
    115. PawnPawn
    116. LazarusLazarus
    117. Converter ×2
    118. LazarusLazarus
    119. Wind ×4
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. Wind ×2
    122. LazarusLazarus
    123. Wind ×5
    124. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 13:26
    125. Wind
    126. Converter
    127. Wind
    128. Converter
    129. Construction BotCon bot
    130. Converter
    131. Wind ×2
    132. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    133. Wind
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Con turret
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Converter
    139. Con turret
    140. Converter
    141. Con turret
    142. Converter
    143. Wind ×3
    144. Con turret
    145. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    146. Mex
    147. Wind
    148. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide front
    149. Wind
    150. Converter
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×2
    156. StarlightStarlight
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. Con turret
    160. Wind
    161. Converter
    162. Wind ×3
    163. Con turret
    164. Wind
    165. Converter
    166. Con turret
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    169. Wind ×2
    170. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    171. JaguarJaguar
    172. Wind ×3
    173. JaguarJaguar
    174. Wind ×3
    175. JaguarJaguar
    176. Wind ×4
    177. TickTick
    178. JaguarJaguar
    179. TickTick
    180. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (38 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 2:30 · 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 4:19 · 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

Godmother13

37.7 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

56 received units · includes a constructor
2629 metal received · 49698 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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