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Standard geo

Standard Geo economy-first play: geothermal by 3:26, T2 constructor by 4:55, advanced geothermal and vehicle plant around 7:07, transitioning into Starlight and T1 vehicles for front while supplying allies with cons and Lazarus.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 660 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 745 · 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 660 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 ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:22

    By 0:55 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:29 · 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
    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 · 6 wind · 1 geo · 8 converter · 1 energy storage · 5 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:44 · typical 3:26
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret ×2
    13. Converter
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 61% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:41
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (47%)

    By 7:00 in all: 4 mex · 10 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 11 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×10
    4. Energy storage
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 6:14 · typical 5:34
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    9. Wind
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. PrudePrudedone 7:31
    12. Wind ×4
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind ×4
    16. Converter
    17. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:36 · 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, 12 converter, 7 con turretin 80% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 169 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:06 · typical 8:09
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. JaguarJaguar
    8. Wind
    9. Converter ×3
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. JaguarJaguar
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×6
    15. JaguarJaguar
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    18. Wind ×3
    19. StarlightStarlightdone 9:29 · typical 9:06
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:04
    22. LazarusLazarus
    23. Wind ×2
    24. LazarusLazarus ×2
    25. Wind
    26. LazarusLazarus
    27. Wind
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. UmbraJammer
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. ProphetRadar vehicle
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. StarlightStarlight
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Wind
    42. StarlightStarlight
    43. Wind ×3
    44. StarlightStarlight
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind
    47. Con turret
    48. Wind
    49. Energy storage
    50. Wind ×2
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind
    53. JaguarJaguar
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind
    56. JaguarJaguar
    57. Wind
    58. JaguarJaguar ×2
    59. Wind ×5
    60. StarlightStarlight
    61. JaguarJaguar ×2
    62. Advanced solar
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. TickTick ×2
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced solar
    69. JaguarJaguar
    70. TickTick ×2
    71. Wind
    72. Con turret
    73. TickTick
    74. JaguarJaguar
    75. Wind
    76. TickTick ×4
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick ×3
    79. Wind
    80. Converter
    81. TickTick ×2
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Wind
    86. TickTick
    87. Converter
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. LazarusLazarus
    94. Wind
    95. TickTick ×3
    96. Converter
    97. TickTick ×3
    98. JaguarJaguar
    99. Converter
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. JaguarJaguar
    102. TickTick
    103. Converter
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. TickTick ×2
    106. Converter
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. JaguarJaguar
    109. Converter
    110. TickTick
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. TickTick ×2
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick ×2
    115. Converter
    116. TickTick
    117. StarlightStarlight
    118. Wind
    119. TickTick
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. Wind
    125. StarlightStarlight
    126. Converter
    127. LazarusLazarus
    128. Wind ×2
    129. TickTick ×2
    130. StarlightStarlight
    131. Wind
    132. TickTick
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. LazarusLazarus
    136. Converter
    137. TickTick
    138. Converter
    139. StarlightStarlight
    140. TickTick ×2
    141. Wind
    142. LazarusLazarus
    143. Wind
    144. TickTick
    145. UmbraJammer
    146. TickTick
    147. Wind
    148. TickTick
    149. ProphetRadar vehicle
    150. Wind
    151. LazarusLazarus
    152. Wind
    153. TickTick
    154. LazarusLazarus
    155. Wind
    156. TickTick ×6
    157. Wind
    158. TickTick ×2
    159. JaguarJaguar
    160. TickTick
    161. JaguarJaguar
    162. TickTick
    163. LazarusLazarus
    164. JaguarJaguar
    165. TickTick
    166. JaguarJaguar
    167. TickTick ×3
    168. JaguarJaguar
    169. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 2:31 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 35% 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

745 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082500
3:00152300
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00572900
7:00813000
8:0011459021
9:001448951130
10:0017405565280
11:00203772074790
12:002330539401940
13:002606259613304
14:002898883214785
15:0031497101726196
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

37.1 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1679 metal received · 197789 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:22 · n=744
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=743
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:56 · n=742
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=552
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:41 · n=705
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:09Middle 50%: 7:41–8:54 · n=669
Starlight9:06Middle 50%: 8:32–9:53 · n=583

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