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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1325 distinct matches · 234 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1545 · 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 1325 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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
    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 · 27 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    2. Wind ×3for Suicide front
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    4. Wind ×2for Suicide front
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    9. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. Con turretfor Suicide front
    12. Mex
    13. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    16. Con turretfor Suicide front
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:50 · typical 3:29
    18. Solar ×3
    19. Converterfor Suicide front
    20. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Suicide front
    21. Converter ×2for Suicide front
    22. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    23. Converter ×2for Suicide front
    24. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    25. Converter ×2for Suicide front
    26. SentrySentryfor Suicide front
    27. Converter ×3for Suicide front
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (49%) · wind (41%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 5:14 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. Energy storagefor Suicide front
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Suicide front
    3. Windfor Suicide front
    4. BlitzBlitz ×3
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:38
    6. BlitzBlitz
    7. WhistlerMissile truck
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    10. BlitzBlitz ×5
    11. WhistlerMissile truck
    12. BlitzBlitz ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    14. BlitzBlitz ×3
    15. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantfor Suicide frontdone 8:17 · typical 8:01
    16. BlitzBlitz ×2
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    18. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    19. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    20. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantfor Suicide frontdone 9:34 · typical 7:10
    21. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    22. Con turretfor Suicide front
    23. JaguarJaguar ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexfor Suicide front
    25. JaguarJaguar ×3
    26. ShredderShredderfor Suicide frontdone 10:17
    27. JaguarJaguarfor Suicide front
    28. ArbalestArbalestfor Suicide front
    29. BullBullfor Suicide frontdone 11:01
    30. T2 converterfor Suicide front
    31. AmbassadorAmbassadorfor Suicide frontdone 11:35
    32. UmbraJammerfor Suicide front
    33. ArbalestArbalestfor Suicide front
    34. ProphetRadar vehiclefor Suicide front
    35. StarlightStarlightfor Suicide frontdone 12:31 · typical 9:03
    36. T2 converterfor Suicide front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is annie_may_tydease's (31 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · in 94% 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

1545 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267000
5:00369400
6:00563600
7:00802500
8:001134700
9:00144064384
10:0017275472194
11:00201231745520
12:002298936181605
13:002573358722970
14:002858682454420
15:0031355102015586
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

annie_may_tydease

31.3 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
2644 metal received · 41525 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1544
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1536
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1536
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1493
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1118
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1428
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:46 · n=1290

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