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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo play: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and T2 factory, transitioning into Starlight-led pushes and supplying allies with constructors, rez bots and T2 cons.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (66%)

#eco #t2 · 801 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 901 · 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 801 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:08 · 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. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×4for Front
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2for Front
    5. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:29 · typical 3:26
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Con turret ×2
    11. Converter
    12. PawnPawnfor Front
    13. Converter
    14. PawnPawnfor Front
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Converter
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Converter ×7
  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 · 10 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Metal storage
    3. Energy storage ×2for Front
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:51 · typical 5:34
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:02 · typical 7:08
    6. Con turret ×2
    7. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    8. T2 converter
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 8:04 · 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, 6 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 · 36 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehiclefor Front
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:54 · typical 8:05
    4. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    5. StarlightStarlightfor Frontdone 9:26 · typical 9:01
    6. ProphetRadar vehiclefor Front
    7. UmbraJammerfor Front
    8. StarlightStarlightfor Front
    9. Wind
    10. StarlightStarlight ×2for Front
    11. Wind
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    13. Wind
    14. ShredderShredderfor Frontdone 11:03
    15. Wind
    16. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    20. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    21. Con turret ×2
    22. Wind
    23. JaguarJaguarfor Front
    24. Con turret
    25. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    26. Con turret
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Con turret ×4
    30. Fusion ReactorFusionnot finished by 15:00
    31. JaguarJaguar
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Mex
    35. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00
    36. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Frustr8ted's (36 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · 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

901 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372500
6:00568000
7:00812200
8:0011485021
9:001449651129
10:0017415556260
11:00203961983741
12:002326839401875
13:002605060193262
14:002894284264620
15:0031601104596090
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

Frustr8ted

35.9 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

16 received units · includes a constructor
541 metal received · 16038 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=900
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=898
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=895
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=860
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:36 · n=645
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:41 · n=820
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:31–9:48 · n=722

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