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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 1:14 · 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 (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 2:33 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:20 · typical 4:21
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. EelSubmarine
    18. Wind
    19. EelSubmarine
    20. Mex ×2
    21. Wind
  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 · 98 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Energy storage
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:50
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. CenturionCenturion
    11. Wind
    12. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. CenturionCenturion ×2for Suicide front
    16. Wind ×2
    17. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    18. Mex
    19. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    20. Wind ×2
    21. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    22. Tidal ×2
    23. CenturionCenturion
    24. Wind
    25. Construction BotCon bot
    26. Tidal
    27. Wind
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Tidal
    30. Construction BotCon bot
    31. Wind
    32. Tidal
    33. Construction BotCon bot
    34. Wind
    35. Construction BotCon bot
    36. Tidal
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind
    40. Tidal
    41. Construction BotCon bot
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Mex
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Tidal
    47. Wind
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind
    50. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:14 · typical 7:46
    51. Construction BotCon bot
    52. Tidal
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Tidal ×2
    55. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 8:48
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Tidal ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46 · typical 9:17
    60. Wind
    61. Tidal
    62. Wind
    63. TsunamiTsunami
    64. Tidal
    65. TsunamiTsunami
    66. CenturionCenturion ×2for Suicide front
    67. Wind ×2
    68. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    69. CenturionCenturion ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Wind
    73. CenturionCenturion
    74. TsunamiTsunami
    75. CenturionCenturion ×2for Suicide front
    76. Wind ×2
    77. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    80. TsunamiTsunami
    81. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    82. Wind ×2
    83. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    84. TsunamiTsunami
    85. CenturionCenturionfor Suicide front
    86. Wind
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind
    89. TsunamiTsunami
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:49
    97. Wind ×10
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (47 OS, 19/09/2026); 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

47.0 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2019 metal received · 58023 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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