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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 · 685 distinct matches · 107 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 774 · 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 685 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 ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:25 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:42 · typical 3:26
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Con turret ×4
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:16 · typical 5:34
    15. Wind
  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 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:43–7:40
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret

    Some games also: converter (49%) · wind (48%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 91 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Wind
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:03
    15. Converter
    16. StorkLight transport
    17. Converter
    18. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:17
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    20. Wind ×4
    21. CenturionCenturion
    22. StorkLight transport
    23. Con turret
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Wind
    26. StorkLight transport
    27. CenturionCenturion
    28. Wind
    29. FalconFighter
    30. Wind
    31. FalconFighter
    32. Wind
    33. FalconFighter
    34. Converter
    35. Wind
    36. FalconFighter
    37. Converter
    38. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 8:12 · typical 7:06
    39. FalconFighter
    40. Wind
    41. FalconFighter
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. FalconFighter ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. FalconFighter
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. FalconFighter
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. StormbringerBomber
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. StormbringerBomber ×2
    57. Wind
    58. StormbringerBomber ×7
    59. ChainsawChainsaw
    60. StormbringerBomber
    61. Con turret
    62. StormbringerBomber ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. ChainsawChainsaw
    65. Con turret
    66. StormbringerBomber ×2
    67. ChainsawChainsaw
    68. StormbringerBomber ×5
    69. FalconFighter ×4
    70. Wind
    71. FalconFighter ×2
    72. Wind
    73. FalconFighter
    74. Wind
    75. FalconFighter ×2
    76. Wind
    77. FalconFighter
    78. Wind
    79. FalconFighter ×2
    80. Wind
    81. FalconFighter
    82. Wind
    83. FalconFighter ×2
    84. Wind
    85. FalconFighter ×2
    86. Wind
    87. FalconFighter ×2
    88. Wind
    89. FalconFighter
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:55 · 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, 11 converter, 7 con turret
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · T2 con vehicle for allies (48%) · Jaguar (31%)

    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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 12:41 · typical 8:07
    3. UmbraJammer
    4. Con turret
    5. ProphetRadar vehicle
    6. Con turret
    7. StarlightStarlightdone 13:10 · typical 9:04
    8. StorkLight transport
    9. StarlightStarlight ×3
    10. UmbraJammer
    11. JaguarJaguar
    12. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    13. CitadelAnti-nukedone 14:55
    14. JaguarJaguar ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PongoPygmaeus's (36 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 8:51 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:20 · in 36% 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

774 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082200
3:00152300
4:00269400
5:00372700
6:00572800
7:00814500
8:0011484021
9:001450251130
10:0017412585305
11:00203842038785
12:002331439891927
13:002607961573347
14:002900384414805
15:0031544103246260
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

PongoPygmaeus

35.6 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

14 received units · includes a constructor
1126 metal received · 81750 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=773
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=772
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:18–5:56 · n=771
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:34 · n=561
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:43–7:40 · n=734
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:41–8:51 · n=698
Starlight9:04Middle 50%: 8:31–9:51 · n=610

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