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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy build: Bot Lab into Geothermal, Advanced Metal Extractor and a Vehicle Plant into Advanced Geothermal, transitioning into T2 constructor and Starlights to supply front and allies.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 · 848 distinct matches · 119 players · 56% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 956 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Geothermal Powerplant by 3:26

  1. Open mex and wind, start bot lab immediately.
  2. Finish bot lab and begin feeding army and cons.
  3. Finish geothermal plant to fund the T2 push.
  4. Push T2 constructor, then advanced geothermal by 7:15.
  5. Bring first Starlight to front, switch into T2 con supply for allies.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 848 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 ~1:09, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:51 in all: 2 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:52 · typical 1:09
  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
    2. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    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 · 33 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Converter
    12. Mex
    13. TickTick ×3
    14. Converter
    15. LazarusLazarus
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:15 · typical 3:27
    18. Converter
    19. LazarusLazarus
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret ×3
    22. Converter
    23. Con turret
    24. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    25. Con turret
    26. Energy storage
    27. Con turret
    28. Energy storage
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 4:55 · typical 5:35
    30. Converter
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    32. Converter
    33. Con turret
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 58% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 10 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:07, middle half 6:41–7:34
    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 · 6 steps
    1. SentrySentry ×3
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:09
    6. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:08 · 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, 7 con turret
    2. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plant
    Builders
    • Construction Vehicle1 Con vehicle
    • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle for allies
    Army
    • Starlight2 Starlight
    • Umbra1 Jammer
    • Prophet1 Radar vehicle

    Some games also: con turret (50%) · Jaguar (33%) · Radar Tower (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 21 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 106 steps
    1. BlitzBlitz ×3
    2. SentrySentry
    3. BlitzBlitz ×12
    4. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    5. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:23
    8. BlitzBlitz ×3
    9. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:41 · typical 8:03
    17. Converter
    18. Wind ×2
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    21. Converter
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. StarlightStarlightnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:02
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. GremlinStealth tank
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. GremlinStealth tank
    34. StarlightStarlight
    35. Wind
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. UmbraJammer
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. ProphetRadar vehicle
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. JaguarJaguar
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. JaguarJaguar ×2
    48. SentrySentry
    49. JaguarJaguar
    50. Wind
    51. Converter
    52. JaguarJaguar
    53. Wind ×4
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. Wind ×7
    56. GremlinStealth tank
    57. Wind ×3
    58. GremlinStealth tank
    59. Wind ×4
    60. GremlinStealth tank
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Converter
    63. GremlinStealth tank
    64. SentrySentry
    65. Converter
    66. Wind
    67. JaguarJaguar
    68. StarlightStarlight
    69. Wind
    70. SentrySentry
    71. Converter ×2
    72. StarlightStarlight
    73. SentrySentry
    74. Converter ×2
    75. JaguarJaguar
    76. Wind
    77. JaguarJaguar
    78. Wind
    79. JaguarJaguar
    80. Wind
    81. JaguarJaguar
    82. Wind
    83. JaguarJaguar
    84. Wind
    85. JaguarJaguar
    86. Wind
    87. JaguarJaguar
    88. Converter
    89. JaguarJaguar
    90. Converter
    91. JaguarJaguar
    92. Converter
    93. JaguarJaguar
    94. Converter
    95. JaguarJaguar ×2
    96. Converter
    97. JaguarJaguar ×2
    98. Converter
    99. JaguarJaguar ×2
    100. Converter
    101. JaguarJaguar
    102. Converter
    103. JaguarJaguar ×2
    104. ProphetRadar vehicle
    105. UmbraJammer
    106. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehicle

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is zeus_on_god's (37 OS, 09/10/2026); 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 2:27 · in 88% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:45 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 4:19 · in 31% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:50 · in 94% 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

02k4k6k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

956 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082000
3:00153000
4:00269400
5:00372100
6:00565800
7:00810200
8:0011503042
9:001453854130
10:0017434536260
11:00203841955668
12:002325139251832
13:002607360253207
14:002899784604584
15:0031759105605969
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play, the only build here with a team win rate matching Front at 54%, and by far the heaviest metal producer at 17416 by 10:00.

  • + Metal produced hits 17416 by 10:00, well above every other role at that point.
  • + Starlight makes up 33% of the army composition, a strong T2 presence.
  • − Own metal lost jumps to 6061 by 15:00 after staying at 0 through 10:00, a late spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

zeus_on_god

37.0 OS · 09/10/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
870 metal received · 109912 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:09Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=955
Geothermal Powerplant3:27Middle 50%: 3:11–3:44 · n=953
Advanced Metal Extractor5:35Middle 50%: 5:19–5:58 · n=949
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:34 · n=922
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:09Middle 50%: 6:50–7:39 · n=684
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:03Middle 50%: 7:39–8:38 · n=877
Starlight9:02Middle 50%: 8:31–9:44 · n=777

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