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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. Mex
    9. Con turret
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Energy storage
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Converter
    14. Mex
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:23 · 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 (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SentrySentry
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Converter
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:29 · typical 7:46
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. DolphinDolphin ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Converter
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Converter
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. EllysawFrigate
  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 · 100 steps
    1. EelSubmarinedone 5:37 · typical 4:21
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:33 · typical 5:35
    6. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    7. Mex
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. SkaterSkater ×3
    11. EllysawFrigate ×2
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:15 · typical 9:17
    13. CorsairDestroyer ×3
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×3
    18. SentrySentry
    19. EllysawFrigate
    20. Mex
    21. Con turret
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    25. Con turret
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. SkaterSkater ×3
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. SkaterSkater ×4
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Tidal
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Con turret
    36. Tidal ×2
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 12:48
    39. Tidal
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Tidal
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. BlitzBlitz
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. BlitzBlitz
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. BlitzBlitz
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. BlitzBlitz
    56. Tidal
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. BlitzBlitz
    59. Construction ShipCon ship
    60. BlitzBlitz
    61. Tidal
    62. Construction ShipCon ship
    63. BlitzBlitz
    64. Mex
    65. BlitzBlitz
    66. Tidal
    67. Construction ShipCon ship
    68. BlitzBlitz
    69. Tidal
    70. BlitzBlitz
    71. Tidal
    72. BlitzBlitz
    73. Tidal ×2
    74. BlitzBlitz
    75. Tidal
    76. BlitzBlitz
    77. Tidal
    78. Mex
    79. BlitzBlitz
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. BlitzBlitz
    82. Tidal
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. BlitzBlitz
    85. Tidal ×2
    86. BlitzBlitz ×4
    87. Tidal ×2
    88. BlitzBlitz ×2
    89. Tidal
    90. BlitzBlitz
    91. Tidal ×2
    92. Mex
    93. BlitzBlitz
    94. Tidal
    95. BlitzBlitz
    96. Tidal
    97. BlitzBlitz ×4
    98. Tidal
    99. BlitzBlitz ×4
    100. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 02/09/2026); 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

[Grump]_Doni

51.2 OS · 02/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
186 metal received · 39307 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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