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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:00 · typical 3:26
    5. Mex
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret ×5
    8. Converter ×9
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 5:15 · typical 5:34
  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 · 5 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:40 · typical 7:06
    3. Con turret
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:42 · 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 · 99 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. GroundhogGroundhog
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:21 · typical 8:09
    5. Converter
    6. StarlightStarlightdone 7:40 · typical 9:06
    7. Converter
    8. StarlightStarlight
    9. Converter
    10. JaguarJaguar ×5
    11. ProphetRadar vehicle
    12. UmbraJammer
    13. StarlightStarlight ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. JaguarJaguar
    16. Converter
    17. JaguarJaguar
    18. Converter
    19. JaguarJaguar
    20. Converter ×2
    21. JaguarJaguar ×2
    22. Con turret
    23. JaguarJaguar
    24. Con turret
    25. JaguarJaguar
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. JaguarJaguar
    29. Wind ×3
    30. JaguarJaguar
    31. Wind
    32. ConsulConsul
    33. JaguarJaguar
    34. Wind
    35. JaguarJaguar
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    38. Wind
    39. JaguarJaguar
    40. Wind
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind
    43. JaguarJaguar
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. JaguarJaguar
    47. Wind
    48. ArbalestArbalest
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind ×11
    51. ArbalestArbalest
    52. Wind ×5
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×2
    55. JaguarJaguar
    56. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    57. Wind
    58. JaguarJaguar
    59. Wind
    60. JaguarJaguar
    61. Wind ×2
    62. JaguarJaguar
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. JaguarJaguar
    65. Wind
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. JaguarJaguar
    69. Wind
    70. JaguarJaguar
    71. Wind
    72. JaguarJaguar
    73. BeamerBeamer
    74. Wind
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. Wind
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:19
    79. Wind
    80. JaguarJaguar
    81. Wind
    82. JaguarJaguar
    83. Wind
    84. JaguarJaguar
    85. Wind
    86. JaguarJaguar
    87. Wind
    88. Pit BullPit Bull
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Wind ×2
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. Wind
    93. JaguarJaguar
    94. Wind
    95. JaguarJaguar
    96. Wind
    97. JaguarJaguar
    98. Wind
    99. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [FCRD]Tragedy's (36 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

[FCRD]Tragedy

36.4 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1289 metal received · 178957 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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