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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Geo sea play: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, geothermal around 7:40 to fund the later fleet transition.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:13

  1. Open 3 mex and wind into Bot Lab.
  2. Put up Shipyard with naval turret and BP for defense.
  3. Send out "submarine" then "destroyer" to contest the sea.
  4. Bring geothermal online to fund the fleet.
  5. Add Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 741 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 Turbine3Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:18

    Some games also: wind for allies (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:30 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    • Corsair1 Destroyer
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. PawnPawn
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:24 · typical 4:21
    7. Mex
    8. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    9. Mex ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:36
    11. Mex ×3
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. Construction ShipCon ship
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin5 Dolphin
    • Corsair2 Destroyer
    • Skater2 Skater

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 140 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Tidal
    6. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 6:11
    7. Tidal ×2
    8. Wind
    9. Tidal ×3
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×2
    12. TsunamiTsunami
    13. Wind
    14. TsunamiTsunami
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry
    17. TsunamiTsunami
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08 · typical 9:17
    20. Tidal
    21. TsunamiTsunami
    22. Mex
    23. TsunamiTsunami
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. TsunamiTsunami
    27. Wind
    28. TsunamiTsunami
    29. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:32
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Wind
    33. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:30
    34. Wind
    35. CenturionCenturion
    36. Wind
    37. CenturionCenturion ×2
    38. Wind
    39. CenturionCenturion ×2
    40. Wind
    41. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Pond
    42. Wind
    43. RocketeerRocketeer
    44. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    45. RocketeerRocketeer
    46. Wind
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    49. Tidal
    50. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    51. Wind
    52. RocketeerRocketeer
    53. Wind
    54. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Pond
    55. Tidal
    56. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    57. Wind
    58. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    59. Wind
    60. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    61. Tidal
    62. RocketeerRocketeer ×2for Pond
    63. Wind
    64. RocketeerRocketeerfor Pond
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Tidal
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Tidal
    70. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. Tidal
    74. VoyagerVoyager
    75. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 11:53
    76. Wind
    77. VoyagerVoyager
    78. Tidal
    79. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind
    82. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    83. Tidal ×2
    84. VoyagerVoyager
    85. Tidal ×2
    86. Construction BotCon botfor Suicide front
    87. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    88. VoyagerVoyager
    89. Tidal ×4
    90. Wind
    91. Tidal
    92. PlatypusPlatypus
    93. Tidal ×2
    94. Wind
    95. PlatypusPlatypus
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. PlatypusPlatypus
    98. Tidal
    99. VoyagerVoyager
    100. PlatypusPlatypus
    101. Tidal ×2
    102. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    103. Wind
    104. PlatypusPlatypus
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Tidal
    107. PlatypusPlatypus
    108. Tidal ×2
    109. PlatypusPlatypus
    110. Wind
    111. Tidal ×2
    112. VoyagerVoyager
    113. Tidal
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. Tidal ×4
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Tidal
    118. VoyagerVoyager
    119. Wind
    120. Tidal
    121. VoyagerVoyager
    122. Tidal ×2
    123. PlatypusPlatypus
    124. Tidal
    125. VoyagerVoyager
    126. Tidal
    127. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    128. Tidal
    129. Armada CommanderArmada Commander
    130. VoyagerVoyager
    131. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    132. Tidal
    133. PlatypusPlatypus
    134. Wind
    135. VoyagerVoyager
    136. Tidal ×4
    137. PlatypusPlatypus
    138. Tidal
    139. Wind
    140. Tidal ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (46 OS, 17/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · in 89% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Armada geo sea nearly matches Cortex's economy numbers but wins slightly more often at 53%.

  • + Metal produced reaches 28785 by 15:00, the highest of the sea builds
  • + Own metal lost of 6895 stays well under enemy metal destroyed's 9048
  • − Geothermal only lands in 58% of games by 7:34
  • − T2 factory completes in only 40% of games by 12:43
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

SeduceUrAfus

46.0 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

18 received units · includes a constructor
2353 metal received · 30052 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:18 · n=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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