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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×3
    5. LazarusLazarus ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Energy storage
    10. PawnPawn
    11. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:59 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. NettleNettle
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:37 · typical 5:35
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. Con turret
    22. NettleNettle
    23. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. SentrySentry
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Wind
    8. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:59 · typical 7:45
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:40 · typical 9:17
    26. Con turret
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Converter
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Converter
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Converter
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Converter ×2
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Converter
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Converter
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Con turret
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. DolphinDolphin ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Con turret
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    55. Energy storage
    56. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    57. DolphinDolphin ×2
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. Tidal
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Tidal
    63. DolphinDolphin
    64. Tidal
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Tidal ×2
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Tidal
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:59
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Tidal
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Tidal
    76. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:05
    77. Tidal
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. Tidal
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. CorsairDestroyer
    83. Construction ShipCon ship
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. CorsairDestroyer
    87. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. StorkLight transport
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Handicapping_mySelf's (38 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

Handicapping_mySelf

38.1 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
442 metal received · 63927 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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