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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 ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 · 26 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Converter
    8. Mex
    9. Energy storage
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:35 · typical 3:26
    13. LazarusLazarus
    14. Wind
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Con turret
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×3
    23. Con turret
    24. Converter ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. Converter
  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 · 11 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Energy storage
    3. Con turret ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:09 · typical 5:34
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:49
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    9. PrudePrudedone 7:40
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    11. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:44 · 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 · 135 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:26 · typical 8:09
    4. Windfor Suicide front
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret ×2
    9. Windfor Suicide front
    10. Converter ×2
    11. UmbraJammer
    12. Windfor Suicide front
    13. Converter
    14. ProphetRadar vehiclefor Suicide front
    15. Converter
    16. Windfor Suicide front
    17. StarlightStarlightfor Suicide frontdone 9:21 · typical 9:06
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. StarlightStarlight
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Windfor Suicide front
    26. Converter
    27. StarlightStarlight
    28. Windfor Suicide front
    29. Converter
    30. Windfor Suicide front
    31. Wind
    32. StarlightStarlight
    33. Windfor Suicide front
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. SentrySentry ×2
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Windfor Suicide front
    40. Mex
    41. Windfor Suicide front
    42. Wind ×5
    43. Windfor Suicide front
    44. Mex
    45. Wind ×8
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×6
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×12
    52. Converter
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Con turret
    55. Wind ×3
    56. PrudePrude
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind ×4
    64. Con turret
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Converter
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Converter
    73. Wind
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:41
    75. Wind ×6
    76. Converter
    77. Wind
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:59
    79. Wind ×2
    80. VeilVeil
    81. Converter
    82. Wind ×2
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Converter ×2
    86. PawnPawn
    87. Wind ×2
    88. PawnPawn ×2
    89. Wind
    90. PawnPawn
    91. Wind
    92. PawnPawn ×2
    93. Wind ×2
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Converter
    96. PawnPawn ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind
    102. PawnPawn ×2
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn ×2
    106. Wind
    107. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    108. PawnPawn
    109. Wind
    110. PawnPawn ×2
    111. Wind
    112. PawnPawn
    113. Wind
    114. Converter ×2
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantnot finished by 15:00
    117. Wind
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Wind
    120. PawnPawn
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Converter
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. PawnPawn
    130. Wind
    131. Converter
    132. Wind
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Converter
    135. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ManBearPig_'s (38 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 8:52 · 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

ManBearPig_

38.1 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

40 received units · includes a constructor
1205 metal received · 108914 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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