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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:51 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Windfor Air
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Mex
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Wind
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Mex
    15. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    17. Mex
    18. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:20 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Converter
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Naval Construction Turret
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Converter
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:17 · typical 7:45
    15. Converter
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. EllysawFrigate
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
  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 (40%) · geo (40%) · 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 · 205 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Wind
    3. Converter
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Wind
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:20 · typical 5:35
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. NettleNettle
    26. Converter
    27. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Wind ×3
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Wind
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Converter
    38. BeamerBeamer
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:36 · typical 9:17
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. CorsairDestroyer
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Mex
    51. Converter
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. SentrySentry
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. EllysawFrigate
    59. Converter
    60. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind ×4
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. Converter
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Wind
    73. EllysawFrigate
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Naval Construction Turret
    82. Wind
    83. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. Wind
    86. HarpoonHarpoon
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. Wind
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. Wind
    91. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    92. Wind
    93. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    94. CorsairDestroyer
    95. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:12
    96. Mex
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Construction BotCon bot
    100. DolphinDolphin ×2
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. EllysawFrigate
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. CorsairDestroyer
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. SkaterSkater
    112. Construction BotCon bot
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. EllysawFrigate
    115. Construction BotCon bot
    116. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    117. CorsairDestroyer
    118. Wind
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Wind
    121. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    122. EllysawFrigate
    123. Naval Construction Turret
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Con turret
    126. DolphinDolphin
    127. Wind
    128. Con turret
    129. DolphinDolphin
    130. Construction BotCon bot
    131. EllysawFrigate
    132. Wind
    133. EllysawFrigate
    134. Construction BotCon bot
    135. CorsairDestroyer
    136. Wind
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. Naval Construction Turret
    139. Wind
    140. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    141. Construction BotCon bot
    142. Wind ×3
    143. Construction BotCon bot
    144. Naval Construction Turret
    145. EllysawFrigate
    146. Wind
    147. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:31
    148. Wind ×3
    149. DolphinDolphin
    150. Wind
    151. Mex
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    154. Wind ×7
    155. Con turret
    156. Wind ×5
    157. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    158. Wind
    159. Converter
    160. Wind
    161. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    162. Wind
    163. Converter
    164. Con turret
    165. Wind
    166. Naval Construction Turret
    167. Wind
    168. Converter
    169. Wind
    170. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Con turret ×2
    175. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:25
    176. Wind
    177. Converter
    178. Mex
    179. Wind ×2
    180. Converter
    181. Con turret
    182. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    183. Wind
    184. Converter
    185. Wind
    186. Con turret
    187. Wind ×2
    188. Con turret
    189. Wind
    190. Converter
    191. Wind
    192. Con turret
    193. Converter
    194. Wind ×2
    195. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    196. Converter
    197. Wind ×2
    198. Converter
    199. Con turret
    200. Wind
    201. Converter
    202. Wind
    203. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    204. Wind
    205. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Cokeado's (37 OS, 26/09/2026); 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

Cokeado

36.7 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
531 metal received · 180207 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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