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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus ×2
    9. Energy storage
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:38 · typical 3:26
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Energy storage
    15. Con turret ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×5
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter ×2
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:17 · typical 5:34
    24. Converter
    25. Con turret
  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 · 8 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Converter ×3
    3. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:05 · typical 7:06
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Metal storage
    7. Converter
    8. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:16 · 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 · 106 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Beach sea
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Converter
    5. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:02 · typical 8:09
    6. Converter
    7. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    8. StarlightStarlightdone 7:40 · typical 9:06
    9. Con turret ×3
    10. Converter
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Converter
    13. ProphetRadar vehicle
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. JaguarJaguar
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. JaguarJaguar
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Converter
    31. JaguarJaguar
    32. Converter
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×4
    37. JaguarJaguar
    38. Wind
    39. Converter
    40. Wind ×2
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind
    43. ConsulConsulfor Suicide front
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Converter
    46. ConsulConsulfor Suicide front
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. ConsulConsulfor Suicide front
    50. JaguarJaguar ×2
    51. Wind
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    54. Wind ×2
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Wind
    57. ArbalestArbalest
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Wind
    62. JaguarJaguar
    63. PrudePrudedone 10:31
    64. Wind
    65. BeamerBeamer
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. BeamerBeamer
    70. Wind ×6
    71. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 11:41
    72. Wind ×3
    73. JaguarJaguar
    74. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    75. Wind
    76. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. Wind
    79. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    80. Wind
    81. JaguarJaguar
    82. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    83. Wind
    84. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    85. Wind
    86. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    87. KeeperKeeperdone 13:13
    88. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    89. Wind
    90. StarlightStarlight
    91. Wind
    92. ConsulConsul ×2for Front
    93. Wind
    94. ConsulConsulfor Front
    95. StarlightStarlight
    96. ConsulConsul
    97. StarlightStarlight
    98. Wind
    99. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:27
    100. StarlightStarlight
    101. Wind
    102. Fusion ReactorFusion
    103. Wind
    104. JaguarJaguar
    105. Wind
    106. JaguarJaguar

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is arcsiz's (37 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

arcsiz

36.9 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
5541 metal received · 163023 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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