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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 · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 1:06–1:17

    Some games also: wind for allies (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex ×2
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:54 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Converter
    4. Mex
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Wind ×2
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. Wind ×2
    16. EllysawFrigate
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 105 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Converter
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:58 · typical 5:35
    8. Converter
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:15 · typical 7:45
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Wind
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind ×3
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Construction ShipCon ship
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. CorsairDestroyer
    27. Wind ×3
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Wind
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Wind ×2
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:46 · typical 9:16
    36. Naval Energy Converter
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Converter
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Construction ShipCon ship ×3
    45. Converter
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. SkaterSkater ×4
    53. Mex
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Mex
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. Converter
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. Mex
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Mex
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Mex
    67. Naval Metal Storage
    68. Converter
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Tidal ×6
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Naval Energy Storage ×2
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:59
    76. SentrySentry
    77. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    78. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. VoyagerVoyager
    81. Wind
    82. VoyagerVoyager
    83. Wind
    84. VoyagerVoyager
    85. HavenHaven
    86. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:07
    87. Wind
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. PaladinCruiserdone 14:29
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    92. Tidal
    93. Wind
    94. Tidal
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Tidal ×2
    97. PaladinCruiser
    98. Tidal
    99. Mex
    100. Tidal ×2
    101. Wind
    102. Tidal ×4
    103. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    104. Tidal ×2
    105. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (37 OS, 20/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

Rexalidus

36.8 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
470 metal received · 10617 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

Played most by

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