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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 · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Wind
  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 (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Mex
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Energy storage
    5. Con turret
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Mex ×2
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:48 · 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 (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. SkaterSkater ×2
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:18 · typical 5:33
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. 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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 121 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. Tidal
    4. Mex
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. Tidal
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. Mex
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. AnemoneAnemone
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Mex
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:35 · typical 9:17
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Construction ShipCon ship
    18. Wind
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Wind
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Converter
    26. HarpoonHarpoon
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Wind
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Naval Construction Turret
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Tidal
    48. Wind
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Converter
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Tidal
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Wind
    57. Tidal
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. Tidal
    60. HarpoonHarpoon
    61. Wind
    62. HarpoonHarpoon
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind
    65. Tidal
    66. Converter
    67. Tidal ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Tidal
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Wind
    72. Tidal ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. CorsairDestroyer
    76. Tidal
    77. Wind
    78. Tidal
    79. Converter
    80. Tidal
    81. CorsairDestroyer
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Tidal ×2
    84. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    85. Tidal ×2
    86. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    87. Tidal
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Tidal
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Tidal
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Tidal ×2
    95. CorsairDestroyer
    96. Tidal ×2
    97. CauteriserCauteriser
    98. CorsairDestroyer
    99. Tidal ×2
    100. CorsairDestroyer
    101. Tidal ×2
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Tidal
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Tidal
    106. CorsairDestroyer
    107. Tidal
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Tidal ×4
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Tidal ×3
    112. CorsairDestroyer
    113. SkaterSkater
    114. Tidal ×2
    115. SkaterSkater
    116. Tidal ×2
    117. SkaterSkater
    118. Tidal ×2
    119. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    120. Tidal ×2
    121. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (43 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 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

_X_

42.5 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
372 metal received · 29857 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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