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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: rush eco and T2 constructor, then bring Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1457 distinct matches · 255 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1682 · 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 1457 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 · 29 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:17 · typical 3:29
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Con turret
    15. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:59 · typical 5:38
    24. Converter
    25. Wind ×3
    26. Converter
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
  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 6:38–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (48%) · wind (40%)

    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 · 14 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Converter ×2
    6. PrudePrudedone 7:13
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Con turret
    11. Converter
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Con turret ×2
    14. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:02 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    • 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
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (48%) · Jaguar (37%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 17 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 80 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:45 · typical 8:02
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    11. Wind
    12. ConsulConsul
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. StarlightStarlightdone 8:31 · typical 9:04
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. StarlightStarlight
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. RattlesnakeRattlesnakefor Suicide frontdone 10:13
    29. Converter ×2
    30. Energy storage
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. StarlightStarlight
    34. Converter
    35. Energy storage
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Wind
    38. JunoJuno
    39. UmbraJammer
    40. Wind
    41. ProphetRadar vehicle
    42. Wind
    43. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 10:17
    44. Wind
    45. AmbassadorAmbassador
    46. Wind
    47. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    48. Wind
    49. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    50. Wind
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind
    53. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    54. Wind
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    57. JaguarJaguar ×2
    58. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    59. JaguarJaguar
    60. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    61. JaguarJaguar
    62. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    63. JaguarJaguar
    64. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    65. JaguarJaguar ×3
    66. BullBull ×3done 12:02
    67. ShredderShredder ×2done 12:34
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. BullBull
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. BullBull
    72. BeamerBeamer ×2
    73. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    74. Wind ×3
    75. BullBull
    76. Wind ×4
    77. BullBull
    78. Wind ×7
    79. Con turret
    80. Wind ×10

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ling_long's (38 OS, 15/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 74% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 85% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:53 · 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

1682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0086400
3:00152800
4:00266700
5:00369400
6:00563100
7:00799500
8:001130200
9:00143784274
10:0017244479188
11:00200911748520
12:002295536751560
13:002572759872937
14:002853883294403
15:0031314103405535
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

Ling_long

38.2 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
6210 metal received · 45786 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=1681
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:12–3:47 · n=1673
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:22–6:03 · n=1673
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:38–7:32 · n=1625
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:11Middle 50%: 6:51–7:43 · n=1226
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:02Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1558
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:33–9:49 · n=1406

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