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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy play: fast bot lab and geothermal into advanced geothermal and T2 constructor, then brings Starlights and other T2 units forward to front while supplying allies with constructors.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 770 distinct matches · 111 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 865 · 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 770 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Mex
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:27 · typical 3:25
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Energy storage ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter ×4
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:18 · typical 5:34
  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 6:41–7:39
    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 · 11 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:33 · typical 7:07
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:39
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Con turret
    6. BlinkScout plane
    7. Con turret
    8. BlinkScout plane
    9. StormbringerBomber ×16
    10. FalconFighter ×2
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:53 · 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 (49%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · 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 · 49 steps
    1. FalconFighter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Metal storage
    4. FalconFighter ×2
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:29 · typical 8:06
    6. StarlightStarlight ×3done 8:46 · typical 9:02
    7. Con turret ×3
    8. StarlightStarlight
    9. Wind ×3for Front
    10. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    11. Wind ×2for Front
    12. StarlightStarlight
    13. Wind ×7for Front
    14. UmbraJammer
    15. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 10:48
    16. Windfor Front
    17. ProphetRadar vehicle
    18. Windfor Front
    19. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:00
    20. Wind ×2for Front
    21. BlitzBlitz ×2
    22. Windfor Front
    23. BlitzBlitz ×3
    24. Windfor Front
    25. BlitzBlitz ×6
    26. Wind
    27. BlitzBlitz ×2
    28. Wind
    29. BlitzBlitz ×2
    30. Wind
    31. BlitzBlitz ×2
    32. Wind
    33. BlitzBlitz ×2
    34. Wind
    35. BlitzBlitz
    36. Wind
    37. BlitzBlitz
    38. Wind
    39. BlitzBlitz
    40. Wind
    41. BlitzBlitz ×2
    42. Wind
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Wind
    45. BlitzBlitz ×3
    46. Wind
    47. BlitzBlitz ×32
    48. GunslingerGunslingerdone 12:16
    49. BlitzBlitz ×12

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% 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 8:51 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · 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

865 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270900
5:00373100
6:00572000
7:00813900
8:0011504021
9:001450351130
10:0017425627320
11:00204072075790
12:002330539821910
13:002610160983295
14:002900184564689
15:0031593103746061
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

PlatinumBlonde

59.4 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
5519 metal received · 35322 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=864
Geothermal Powerplant3:25Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=862
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=861
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:07Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=624
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:39 · n=823
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=784
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=687

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