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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1325 distinct matches · 234 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1545 · 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 1325 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:49 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. PawnPawnfor Air
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×4
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    14. Mex
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:17 · typical 3:29
    16. Energy storage
    17. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    18. Wind
    19. Con turret ×3
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×6
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:11 · typical 5:38
    27. Wind ×2
  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 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (49%) · wind (41%)

    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 · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Wind
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Con turret
    6. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:49 · typical 7:10
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:00 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • 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
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 99 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:39 · typical 8:01
    4. ShredderShredderdone 7:46
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. ShredderShredder ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. StarlightStarlightdone 8:24 · typical 9:03
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Con turret
    11. StarlightStarlight
    12. SentrySentry
    13. UmbraJammer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. ProphetRadar vehicle
    16. JaguarJaguar ×3
    17. Wind
    18. JaguarJaguar
    19. Wind
    20. JaguarJaguar
    21. Wind ×2
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Wind ×5
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Wind ×2
    26. JaguarJaguar
    27. Wind ×3
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Wind
    32. JaguarJaguar
    33. Converter
    34. Wind ×2
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Wind ×2
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Wind
    45. JaguarJaguar
    46. Wind
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Wind ×4
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind
    51. JaguarJaguar
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. ProphetRadar vehicle
    58. StarlightStarlight
    59. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Wind
    63. StarlightStarlight
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Con turret
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Converter ×8
    74. StarlightStarlight
    75. Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. StarlightStarlight
    80. Converter
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind
    84. Converter ×2
    85. StarlightStarlight
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. ConsulConsul
    89. Wind
    90. ConsulConsul
    91. Wind
    92. ConsulConsul
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Con turret
    95. Wind
    96. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    97. Metal storage
    98. ConsulConsul ×2
    99. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JosephPilates's (50 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:47 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · 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

1545 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267000
5:00369400
6:00563600
7:00802500
8:001134700
9:00144064384
10:0017275472194
11:00201231745520
12:002298936181605
13:002573358722970
14:002858682454420
15:0031355102015586
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

JosephPilates

49.8 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
3445 metal received · 99306 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=1544
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1536
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1536
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1493
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:51–7:42 · n=1118
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1428
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:46 · n=1290

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