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Standard geo

Eco-first Geo build that rushes geothermal power and T2 constructor before transitioning into Starlight-led T2 units for front, the role's baseline play.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 751 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 845 · 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 751 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 0:55 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 1:11
  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 · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    7. Mex
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. LazarusLazarus
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 2:55 · typical 3:26
    14. Con turret
    15. Converter
    16. Con turret
    17. Converter ×3
    18. Con turret
    19. Energy storage
    20. Con turret ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:00 · typical 5:33
  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 6:41–7:40
    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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. PrudePrudedone 6:11
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. 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, 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 (49%) · 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 · 206 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:06 · typical 8:06
    9. Converter
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. Wind ×4
    15. UmbraJammer
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×3
    18. ProphetRadar vehicle
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. MauserMauser
    22. Wind ×4
    23. MauserMauser
    24. Wind
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind ×3
    27. MauserMauser
    28. Wind ×3
    29. MauserMauser
    30. Wind ×3
    31. MauserMauser
    32. Wind ×5
    33. UmbraJammer
    34. Wind ×3
    35. ProphetRadar vehicle
    36. Wind ×4
    37. StarlightStarlightdone 8:33 · typical 9:02
    38. Wind ×6
    39. Converter ×3
    40. Wind ×2
    41. StarlightStarlight
    42. Wind ×6
    43. ConsulConsulfor Suicide front
    44. Wind ×3
    45. StarlightStarlight
    46. Wind ×9
    47. StarlightStarlight
    48. Wind ×9
    49. StarlightStarlight
    50. Wind ×4
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. Converter ×2
    54. Wind ×3
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. ShredderShredderdone 10:31
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Converter ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    63. Converter
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Metal storage
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. AmbassadorAmbassadornot finished by 15:00
    69. ConsulConsul
    70. Con turret
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×4
    76. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant ×2done 11:27
    77. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:31
    78. Wind ×8
    79. BlitzBlitz ×2
    80. Wind
    81. BlitzBlitz ×2
    82. Wind ×2
    83. BlitzBlitz ×2
    84. Wind
    85. BlitzBlitz
    86. Wind
    87. BlitzBlitz
    88. Wind
    89. BlitzBlitz
    90. TickTick
    91. Wind
    92. BlitzBlitz
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. TickTick
    97. BlitzBlitz
    98. TickTick
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick
    101. BlitzBlitz ×2
    102. TickTick
    103. BlitzBlitz
    104. TickTick
    105. BlitzBlitz
    106. Wind ×2
    107. BlitzBlitz
    108. Converter
    109. TickTick
    110. BlitzBlitz ×2
    111. TickTick ×2
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Converter
    114. BlitzBlitz
    115. TickTick
    116. BlitzBlitz
    117. Wind
    118. BlitzBlitz
    119. Wind
    120. TickTick
    121. Wind
    122. BlitzBlitz
    123. Converter
    124. TickTick
    125. BlitzBlitz
    126. TickTick
    127. BlitzBlitz
    128. TickTick
    129. BlitzBlitz
    130. Wind ×2
    131. Converter
    132. BlitzBlitz
    133. TickTick
    134. BlitzBlitz
    135. CrossbowCrossbow
    136. BlitzBlitz
    137. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    138. Wind
    139. CrossbowCrossbow
    140. ChainsawChainsaw
    141. BlitzBlitz
    142. CrossbowCrossbow
    143. BlitzBlitz
    144. Wind
    145. ChainsawChainsaw
    146. CrossbowCrossbow
    147. Wind
    148. BlitzBlitz ×3
    149. CrossbowCrossbow
    150. Wind
    151. BlitzBlitz
    152. Con turret
    153. Wind ×2
    154. CrossbowCrossbow
    155. BlitzBlitz
    156. Wind
    157. BlitzBlitz
    158. Wind
    159. Con turret
    160. CrossbowCrossbow
    161. Wind
    162. BlitzBlitz
    163. Con turret
    164. CrossbowCrossbow
    165. BlitzBlitz
    166. Wind
    167. Con turret
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz
    170. CrossbowCrossbow
    171. Wind
    172. Con turret
    173. BlitzBlitz
    174. Wind
    175. Con turret
    176. Wind
    177. Con turret
    178. CrossbowCrossbow
    179. BlitzBlitz
    180. Con turret
    181. Wind
    182. BlitzBlitz
    183. Con turret
    184. CrossbowCrossbow
    185. Wind ×2
    186. BlitzBlitz
    187. CrossbowCrossbow
    188. Wind
    189. Con turret
    190. CrossbowCrossbow
    191. BlitzBlitz
    192. TickTick
    193. Wind
    194. TickTick
    195. BlitzBlitz
    196. TickTick
    197. Wind
    198. TickTick
    199. BlitzBlitz
    200. TickTick ×2
    201. BlitzBlitz
    202. TickTick
    203. Wind
    204. BlitzBlitz
    205. TickTick ×3
    206. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Crd]VOLT's (36 OS, 28/09/2026); 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 2:30 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:52 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 34% 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

845 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00153000
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816700
8:0011507021
9:001453351130
10:0017436630320
11:00204162108824
12:002336940291940
13:002613961873295
14:002902585104756
15:0031663103966186
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

[Crd]VOLT

36.3 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
3931 metal received · 61553 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=844
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=843
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=842
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=606
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=805
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:06Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=767
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:51 · n=670

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