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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    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 1:14 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:37 · 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: Sentry (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater ×2
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. NettleNettle
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:00 · typical 5:33
    15. Mex
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. HarpoonHarpoon
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Mex
    24. SentrySentry ×2
  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 (49%) · frigate (41%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 101 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind ×3
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Wind ×2
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. Converter
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Wind
    24. Converter ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:41 · typical 9:17
    27. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    28. Wind
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. SentrySentry
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Mex
    34. SentrySentry
    35. DolphinDolphin ×2
    36. Mex
    37. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 9:58
    38. PawnPawn
    39. BlitzBlitz ×3
    40. Mex
    41. BlitzBlitz
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. BlitzBlitz
    44. Mex
    45. Con turret
    46. BlitzBlitz
    47. Construction VehicleCon vehicle ×2
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:07 · typical 7:40
    50. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Tidal
    57. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind ×3
    61. Mex
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Energy storage
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Naval Metal Storage
    69. Converter
    70. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:35
    71. HarpoonHarpoon
    72. Converter
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. HarpoonHarpoon
    75. Mex
    76. Converter
    77. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Converter
    80. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:31
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. Wind
    83. Converter
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Converter
    86. TsunamiTsunami ×2
    87. HarpoonHarpoon
    88. EelSubmarinedone 14:18 · typical 4:22
    89. TsunamiTsunami
    90. Energy storage
    91. EelSubmarine
    92. NettleNettle
    93. TsunamiTsunami
    94. EllysawFrigate ×2
    95. TsunamiTsunami
    96. Wind
    97. EllysawFrigate
    98. Wind
    99. FerretFerret
    100. Wind
    101. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is armjanus's (41 OS, 21/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

armjanus

40.7 OS · 21/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
540 metal received · 35668 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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