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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Converter
    12. Mex
    13. Converter ×3
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:27 · typical 3:26
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret ×5
    18. Energy storage
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:03 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:27 · typical 7:08
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:34 · 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 · 90 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:18 · typical 8:05
    5. Converter ×6
    6. NettleNettle
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. StarlightStarlightdone 8:14 · typical 9:01
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. TracerTracer
    15. Converter
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage ×2
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Converter
    22. NettleNettle ×2
    23. Wind
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. UmbraJammer
    27. Wind
    28. ProphetRadar vehicle
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. JaguarJaguar
    32. ShredderShredderdone 9:08
    33. Wind
    34. Converter
    35. ShredderShredder
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. SentrySentry ×2
    39. ShredderShredder
    40. Converter
    41. ShredderShredder
    42. Converter
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. BeholderBeholder
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Converter
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Converter
    49. BeholderBeholder
    50. Converter
    51. StarlightStarlight
    52. BeholderBeholder
    53. Converter ×2
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. BeholderBeholder
    56. JaguarJaguar ×4
    57. SentrySentry
    58. ShredderShredder
    59. Wind
    60. ShredderShredder
    61. Wind ×2
    62. ShredderShredder
    63. Wind ×2
    64. ShredderShredder
    65. Wind ×2
    66. ShredderShredder
    67. Wind
    68. JaguarJaguar ×2
    69. Wind
    70. JaguarJaguar
    71. Wind
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. Wind
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Wind
    76. JaguarJaguar
    77. Wind ×3
    78. JaguarJaguar
    79. Wind
    80. JaguarJaguar
    81. Wind
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. Wind
    84. JaguarJaguar
    85. Wind
    86. JaguarJaguar
    87. Wind ×2
    88. JaguarJaguar
    89. Wind
    90. JaguarJaguar ×8

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (38 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

zeus_on_god

37.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
371 metal received · 131066 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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