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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:05 · typical 3:29
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret ×2
    10. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Con turret ×3
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Converter ×4
    14. Energy storage
    15. Converter ×4
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
  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 · 25 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:30 · typical 5:38
    2. Converter
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Wind
    6. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:59 · typical 7:11
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Con turret
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Con turret
    11. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 7:04
    12. Converter
    13. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    14. Converter
    15. StormbringerBomberfor Air
    16. Converter
    17. StormbringerBomber ×2for Air
    18. Converter
    19. StormbringerBomber ×2for Air
    20. Converter
    21. StormbringerBomber
    22. FalconFighterfor Tech
    23. Converter
    24. FalconFighterfor Tech
    25. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:48 · 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 · 38 steps
    1. FalconFighterfor Tech
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. FalconFighterfor Tech
    4. Converter
    5. FalconFighterfor Tech
    6. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:32 · typical 8:02
    7. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    8. FalconFighterfor Tech
    9. Converter
    10. FalconFighter
    11. Aircraft PlantEat Aircraft Plantreclaimed for its metal
    12. JaguarJaguar
    13. Converter
    14. JaguarJaguar
    15. Converter
    16. JaguarJaguar ×12
    17. ChainsawChainsaw
    18. JaguarJaguar ×5
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    21. GremlinStealth tank
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    23. GremlinStealth tank ×3
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. GremlinStealth tank
    26. JaguarJaguar
    27. BeamerBeamer
    28. StarlightStarlight ×3done 12:03 · typical 9:04
    29. Con turret
    30. StarlightStarlight
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. StarlightStarlight ×2
    33. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    34. StarlightStarlight
    35. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    36. StarlightStarlight
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. StarlightStarlight

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (34 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

PongoPygmaeus

34.1 OS · 15/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1167 metal received · 252442 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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