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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

The standard Geo build: fast geothermal into T2 constructor and advanced geothermal, blowing the commander for T2 and bringing Starlight and other T2 units to front while supplying allies with constructors and rez bots.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (67%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 802 distinct matches · 112 players · 58% of Armada Geo games · team won 54% of 903 · 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 802 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 ×2
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. TickTick
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. TickTick
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    11. Mex
    12. LazarusLazarus ×2
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. PawnPawnfor Air
    16. LazarusLazarus ×2
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:34 · typical 3:26
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    20. Con turret ×4
    21. Converter ×3
    22. Con turret
    23. Converter ×5
    24. Con turret
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 5:36 · typical 5:34
    27. Energy storage
    28. Con turret
  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 · 4 steps
    1. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    2. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 6:44 · typical 7:08
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    4. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 6:53 · 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
    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 · 88 steps
    1. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    2. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 7:33 · typical 8:05
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Front
    5. Converter
    6. MauserMauser
    7. Converter
    8. BlitzBlitz
    9. MauserMauser
    10. Converter
    11. MaceMace
    12. StarlightStarlightdone 8:23 · typical 9:01
    13. Converter ×2
    14. StarlightStarlight
    15. Converter
    16. RocketeerRocketeer
    17. UmbraJammer
    18. Converter
    19. RocketeerRocketeer
    20. ShredderShredderdone 9:03
    21. Converter
    22. ShredderShredder
    23. Converter
    24. ShredderShredder
    25. Converter
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. Converter
    28. ProphetRadar vehicle
    29. Converter
    30. ConsulConsul
    31. LazarusLazarus
    32. Converter
    33. ConsulConsul
    34. Converter
    35. ConsulConsul
    36. Converter
    37. ConsulConsul
    38. Converter
    39. AmbassadorAmbassadordone 10:09
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. TracerTracer
    42. CitadelAnti-nukedone 11:52
    43. AmbassadorAmbassador
    44. MaceMace
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. MaceMace
    48. RocketeerRocketeer
    49. Wind ×2
    50. BeamerBeamer
    51. Wind ×14
    52. BeamerBeamer
    53. Wind
    54. StarlightStarlight
    55. Wind ×2
    56. RattlesnakeRattlesnakenot finished by 15:00
    57. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    58. Wind
    59. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×6
    60. Wind
    61. StarlightStarlight
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    65. Wind
    66. StarlightStarlight
    67. Wind
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. Wind ×5
    70. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    71. Wind
    72. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    73. Wind ×3
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Wind ×8
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. Wind ×2
    78. BeamerBeamer
    79. BullBulldone 14:39
    80. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:44
    81. ShredderShredder
    82. LazarusLazarus
    83. ShredderShredder
    84. Fortification WallFortification Wall
    85. LazarusLazarus
    86. Fortification WallFortification Wall ×2
    87. ShredderShredder
    88. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Xad's (40 OS, 03/10/2026); 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 2:29 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:49 · 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

903 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0082800
3:00152800
4:00270000
5:00372600
6:00568000
7:00812400
8:0011491021
9:001450151126
10:0017416556260
11:00203961983750
12:002327339401876
13:002606260193262
14:002898084264635
15:0031650104596170
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

Xad

40.4 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
443 metal received · 189423 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=902
Geothermal Powerplant3:26Middle 50%: 3:11–3:43 · n=900
Advanced Metal Extractor5:34Middle 50%: 5:19–5:57 · n=897
Vehicle Plant7:07Middle 50%: 6:41–7:38 · n=862
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:08Middle 50%: 6:50–7:35 · n=647
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:05Middle 50%: 7:40–8:42 · n=822
Starlight9:01Middle 50%: 8:32–9:48 · n=724

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