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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Solar
    5. Wind
    6. 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Windfor Air
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn ×3
    12. Mex
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:19 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Mex
    3. EelSubmarinedone 3:41 · typical 4:22
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:08 · typical 5:35
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Wind ×2
    21. HarpoonHarpoon
    22. 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 · 101 steps
    1. Converter
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Converter
    4. Wind
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. Energy storage
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. Wind
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Wind ×2
    16. HarpoonHarpoon
    17. Wind ×3
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Construction ShipCon ship
    22. Converter
    23. NettleNettle
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Wind
    26. CorsairDestroyer
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Mex
    29. EllysawFrigate
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:02 · typical 9:16
    34. EllysawFrigate
    35. Converter
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    37. Converter
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Con turret
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. DolphinDolphin ×3
    42. Naval Construction Turret
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Con turret
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. DolphinDolphin ×3
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Solar
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. Tidal
    55. Solar
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Tidal
    58. Solar
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Tidal
    61. DolphinDolphin ×2
    62. Tidal
    63. DolphinDolphin
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    67. Tidal
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. DolphinDolphin ×2
    70. Tidal
    71. DolphinDolphin ×3
    72. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    73. Tidal
    74. Mex
    75. DolphinDolphin ×2
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. Tidal
    78. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. DolphinDolphin ×3
    81. Tidal
    82. DolphinDolphin ×2
    83. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. SkaterSkater
    88. Tidal
    89. SkaterSkater ×2
    90. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    91. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    92. Tidal
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. DolphinDolphin ×4
    95. Tidal
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    98. DolphinDolphin ×2
    99. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CentientWaffle's (38 OS, 27/08/2026); 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

CentientWaffle

37.7 OS · 27/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
298 metal received · 30179 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

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