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Standard geo

Armada Geo build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo economy into T2 constructor and Starlight/Jaguar units sent to front as usual, with support built for teammates along the way.

Usually blows up the commander for T2 (72%)

#eco #t2 #team support · 1331 distinct matches · 235 players · 55% of Armada Geo games · team won 55% of 1552 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: T2 constructor by 4:55

  1. Open 2 mex and wind, then Bot Lab by 0:35.
  2. Rush geothermal powerplant to fund T2 ahead of other roles.
  3. Get T2 constructor out to start building T2 units.
  4. Add Vehicle Plant and Advanced Geothermal for the T2 push.
  5. Fly first Starlight to front with a transport from Air.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1331 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 Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 4 winddone ~1:12, middle half 0:58–1:21

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:22 · 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
    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 · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Beach sea
    2. Wind ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarusfor Beach sea
    8. Mex
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 3:23 · typical 3:29
    10. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    11. Con turret
    12. Converter ×2
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter ×3
    19. Con turret ×2
    20. Converter ×2
  3. 3

    5:00 to Vehicle Plant

    Order
    1. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplant after 8 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretin 57% of games
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plant after 9 wind, 10 converter, 6 con turretdone ~7:06, middle half 6:39–7:32

    Some games also: con turret (49%) · converter (49%) · wind (41%)

    By 6:56 in all: 4 mex · 9 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 10 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Converter ×3
    6. Wind ×8
    7. Metal storage
    8. Wind ×21
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 7:02 · typical 5:38
    14. Wind
    15. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 7:45 · typical 7:10
    16. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 7:18 · typical 7:06
  4. 4

    Vehicle Plant to 10:00

    Economy
    • Wind Turbine5Wind
    • Energy Converter4Converter
    Order
    1. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plant after 10 wind, 11 converter, 6 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 (48%) · Jaguar (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 4 mex · 18 wind · 1 geo · 1 Advanced Geothermal Powerplant · 16 converter · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 63 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantdone 8:08 · typical 8:01
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    6. Vehicle PlantEat Vehicle Plantreclaimed for its metal
    7. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Suicide front
    8. UmbraJammer
    9. ProphetRadar vehicle
    10. StarlightStarlightdone 8:47 · typical 9:03
    11. Con turret ×2
    12. GremlinStealth tank ×5
    13. StarlightStarlight
    14. Con turret ×2
    15. StarlightStarlight
    16. BullBullfor Geo seadone 10:21
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Advanced Construction VehicleT2 con vehiclefor Geo sea
    19. Wind ×3
    20. StarlightStarlight
    21. Wind ×9
    22. StarlightStarlight
    23. Wind ×9
    24. StarlightStarlight
    25. Wind ×2
    26. UmbraJammer
    27. ProphetRadar vehicle
    28. Wind ×2
    29. UmbraJammer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. StarlightStarlight
    32. Wind ×9
    33. StarlightStarlight
    34. Wind ×9
    35. StarlightStarlight
    36. Wind ×10
    37. StarlightStarlight
    38. Wind ×7
    39. StarlightStarlight
    40. Wind ×8
    41. StarlightStarlight
    42. Wind ×6
    43. StarlightStarlight
    44. Wind ×2
    45. ShredderShredderdone 14:15
    46. Wind
    47. ShredderShredder
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Converter
    50. ShredderShredder
    51. Converter
    52. Wind
    53. ShredderShredder
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. ShredderShredder
    57. Wind
    58. Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is BigJohnny2's (32 OS, 11/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Lazarus1 Lazarus to Beach seafirst at 2:17 · in 75% of games
  • Construction Bot1 Con bot to Beach seafirst at 2:27 · in 87% of games
  • Advanced Construction Vehicle1 T2 con vehicle to Suicide front or Frontfirst at 8:48 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 4:52 · 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

1552 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:0085900
3:00152700
4:00267100
5:00369400
6:00563800
7:00802300
8:001134500
9:00144074384
10:0017278479200
11:00201201748520
12:002299236211607
13:002573459102971
14:002858382484426
15:0031354102055580
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo play wins about half its games while destroying the most enemy metal by 15:00 among the roles shown here.

  • + Enemy metal destroyed jumps to 10560 by 15:00, highest of all six builds.
  • + Starlight makes up 34% of army, delivering the long-range T2 push.
  • − Own metal lost reaches 5977 by 15:00 from the aggressive T2 push.
  • − First Starlight only arrives in 60% of games, a late or inconsistent push.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

BigJohnny2

31.9 OS · 11/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2835 metal received · 29364 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 0:58–1:21 · n=1551
Geothermal Powerplant3:29Middle 50%: 3:13–3:47 · n=1543
Advanced Metal Extractor5:38Middle 50%: 5:21–6:01 · n=1543
Vehicle Plant7:06Middle 50%: 6:39–7:32 · n=1500
Advanced Geothermal Powerplant7:10Middle 50%: 6:51–7:41 · n=1123
Advanced Vehicle Plant8:01Middle 50%: 7:40–8:33 · n=1435
Starlight9:03Middle 50%: 8:32–9:46 · n=1296

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