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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 0:54 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:40 · typical 3:26
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Con turret
    8. Converter
    9. Con turret
    10. Converter ×2
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×8
    13. Con turret
    14. Converter
    15. Energy storage
    16. Con turret ×3
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:15 · 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 6:41–7:38
    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. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:05 · typical 7:08
    3. Converter
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:12 · 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
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (50%) · con turret (49%) · Jaguar (32%)

    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 · 56 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. BlitzBlitz
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:54 · typical 8:05
    6. Converter
    7. BlitzBlitz
    8. Converter
    9. BlitzBlitz ×2
    10. Converter ×2
    11. BlitzBlitz
    12. Converter
    13. BlitzBlitz ×5
    14. StarlightStarlight ×2done 8:36 · typical 9:01
    15. UmbraJammer
    16. ProphetRadar vehicle
    17. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    18. BeamerBeamer
    19. StarlightStarlight
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. JaguarJaguar
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. JaguarJaguar ×4
    24. Wind
    25. JaguarJaguar
    26. Wind
    27. JaguarJaguar
    28. Wind ×2
    29. JaguarJaguar
    30. Wind ×2
    31. JaguarJaguar
    32. Wind
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. Wind ×6
    35. StarlightStarlight
    36. Pit BullPit Bull
    37. StarlightStarlight
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    39. ShredderShredderdone 12:24
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    41. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. ShredderShredder
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. UmbraJammer
    46. ProphetRadar vehicle
    47. JaguarJaguar ×2
    48. ProphetRadar vehicle
    49. JaguarJaguar ×6
    50. Pit BullPit Bull
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. JaguarJaguar ×2
    53. BeamerBeamer
    54. JaguarJaguar
    55. StarlightStarlight
    56. ArbalestArbalest

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is XXMACGAMERXX's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:18 · in 32% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

XXMACGAMERXX

36.8 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
932 metal received · 81540 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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