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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:58 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:36 · typical 3:26
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Energy storage
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Converter
  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 ×4
    2. Con turret
    3. Metal storage
    4. Con turret
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×3done 6:06 · typical 5:34
    6. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:45 · typical 7:08
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:51 · 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 · 132 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:20 · typical 8:05
    5. Converter
    6. Wind
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Converter
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. ProphetRadar vehicle
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. StarlightStarlightdone 9:08 · typical 9:01
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. StarlightStarlight
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Con turret
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. StarlightStarlight
    32. Converter
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Converter
    36. Con turret
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Converter
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. Wind
    46. SentrySentry
    47. JaguarJaguar
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. JaguarJaguar
    51. Con turret
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. Converter
    54. ShredderShredderdone 10:41
    55. Converter
    56. ShredderShredder
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. ShredderShredder
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. JaguarJaguar
    66. Wind
    67. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:24
    68. JaguarJaguar
    69. Converter
    70. Wind
    71. LazarusLazarus
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. Converter
    74. LazarusLazarus
    75. Wind
    76. JaguarJaguar
    77. LazarusLazarus
    78. Wind
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Converter
    81. LazarusLazarus
    82. Wind
    83. JaguarJaguar
    84. Converter
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Wind
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. Converter
    89. Wind
    90. JaguarJaguar ×2
    91. Wind
    92. JaguarJaguar
    93. Converter
    94. Wind
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Converter
    97. JaguarJaguar
    98. Wind
    99. JaguarJaguar
    100. Converter
    101. JaguarJaguar
    102. Wind
    103. JaguarJaguar
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. JaguarJaguar ×3
    107. Converter
    108. Wind
    109. JaguarJaguar ×2
    110. LazarusLazarus
    111. JaguarJaguar
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. LazarusLazarus
    115. JaguarJaguar ×2
    116. Wind
    117. LazarusLazarus
    118. JaguarJaguar
    119. Converter
    120. LazarusLazarus
    121. JaguarJaguar
    122. Wind
    123. LazarusLazarus
    124. JaguarJaguar ×2
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. JaguarJaguar ×2
    128. Wind
    129. JaguarJaguar ×2
    130. Wind
    131. JaguarJaguar
    132. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is yubiyubi's (45 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

yubiyubi

44.7 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1157 metal received · 166394 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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