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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 · 749 distinct matches · 110 players · 59% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 843 · 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 749 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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:53 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×4
    3. TickTick ×2
    4. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:32 · typical 3:26
    15. CrossbowCrossbow
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret ×3
    18. Converter
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter ×4
  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 (48%)

    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 ×4done 5:22 · typical 5:33
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:06 · typical 7:06
    3. Con turret
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:17 · 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 · 133 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:53 · typical 8:07
    3. Converter ×2
    4. StarlightStarlightdone 8:20 · typical 9:02
    5. Converter ×2
    6. StarlightStarlight
    7. Wind ×2
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:54
    9. Wind ×2
    10. TickTick ×2
    11. StarlightStarlight
    12. Converter
    13. Wind ×2
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. Converter
    16. TickTick
    17. LazarusLazarus
    18. Wind ×2
    19. ProphetRadar vehicle
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. Wind
    23. UmbraJammer
    24. Wind ×2
    25. TickTick
    26. ShredderShredderdone 9:56
    27. TickTick
    28. Wind
    29. TickTick
    30. ShredderShredder
    31. TickTick
    32. Wind
    33. TickTick
    34. ShredderShredder
    35. TickTick
    36. Wind ×2
    37. TickTick ×2
    38. ShredderShredder
    39. Wind ×2
    40. TickTick ×3
    41. JaguarJaguar
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. Metal storage
    48. TickTick
    49. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle
    50. TickTick ×5
    51. ConsulConsul
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. ConsulConsul
    55. TickTick ×2
    56. Wind
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Con turret
    59. TickTick
    60. PlatypusPlatypus
    61. Wind
    62. TickTick
    63. Con turret
    64. PlatypusPlatypus
    65. TickTick
    66. Con turret
    67. TickTick ×2
    68. PlatypusPlatypus
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. PlatypusPlatypus
    72. TickTick
    73. PlatypusPlatypus
    74. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 12:08
    75. TickTick
    76. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    77. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    78. TickTick
    79. Wind
    80. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 14:42
    81. PlatypusPlatypus
    82. TickTick
    83. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. Advanced Aircraft PlantAdvanced Aircraft Plantdone 13:25
    86. Wind
    87. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    88. TickTick ×2
    89. PlatypusPlatypus
    90. TickTick ×2
    91. Wind
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    96. TickTick ×2
    97. Wind
    98. PlatypusPlatypus
    99. TickTick
    100. Wind
    101. TickTick
    102. LicheLichedone 14:48
    103. Wind
    104. TickTick
    105. Wind
    106. TickTick
    107. Wind ×2
    108. TickTick
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. TickTick
    112. Wind
    113. Converter
    114. TickTick
    115. Wind
    116. Converter
    117. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    118. Wind
    119. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    120. TickTick
    121. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    122. Converter
    123. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    124. OracleOracle
    125. TickTick
    126. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    127. Wind
    128. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    129. TickTick
    130. Converter
    131. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    132. HighwindHighwind
    133. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is DukeofStars's (55 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:16 · in 77% 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

843 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082700
3:00152800
4:00270700
5:00373200
6:00572700
7:00816600
8:0011505021
9:001453251130
10:0017435630320
11:00204162108831
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

DukeofStars

54.6 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1578 metal received · 30997 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=842
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:10–3:42 · n=841
Advanced Metal Extractor5:33Middle 50%: 5:17–5:56 · n=840
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:06Middle 50%: 6:49–7:33 · n=604
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:40 · n=803
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:07Middle 50%: 7:40–8:47 · n=765
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:32–9:52 · n=669

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