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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (88%)

#naval #eco · 822 distinct matches · 106 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 879 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:11

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab first for early defence.
  2. Finish bot lab, then build shipyard in the cove.
  3. Push first submarine out to contest the sea.
  4. Add destroyer as the main contesting force.
  5. Transition into geothermal plant and advanced metal extractor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 822 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 (43%)

    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 1:12 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:12, middle half 2:51–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (45%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. SentrySentry
    13. TickTick
    14. SentrySentry
    15. NettleNettle
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:13 · typical 3:12
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (34%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:54 · typical 5:36
    4. Wind
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (41%) · geo (40%) · frigate (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 · 111 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyer
    2. Converter ×2
    3. HarpoonHarpoon
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Energy storage
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×8
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    16. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:50 · typical 7:46
    17. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×7
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Mex
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10 · typical 9:19
    27. Converter
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    30. Converter
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Converter
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Converter
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. Converter
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Converter
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Converter
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. NettleNettle
    46. Naval Construction Turret
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Tidal ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Tidal ×2
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Tidal ×2
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Tidal
    58. Wind
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Tidal
    61. Converter
    62. Tidal
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Tidal
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Converter
    68. Naval Construction Turret
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Converter
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Converter
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Converter
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Converter
    80. Tidal
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Tidal
    83. Converter
    84. Tidal
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Tidal
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Converter
    90. Tidal
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Tidal
    93. Converter
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. HarpoonHarpoon
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Converter
    98. HarpoonHarpoon
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. HarpoonHarpoon
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Converter
    103. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Converter
    107. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    108. Converter
    109. HarpoonHarpoon
    110. Converter
    111. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

879 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160900
4:002893040
5:00414117554
6:005550541300
7:0071051001615
8:00873917051011
9:001061524581655
10:001290433332246
11:001549945823171
12:001850357053963
13:002179068434827
14:002544778555665
15:002895489766607
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play, backed by a bot lab before the shipyard, with a 53% team win rate matching the other sea role closely.

  • + Geothermal finishes by 7:46 in 58% of games, funding the economy transition.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed only 8994 by 15:00 versus own losses of 6662, a close sea fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

40.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
568 metal received · 43793 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=845
Shipyard3:12Middle 50%: 2:51–3:37 · n=868
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:29 · n=519
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:53–6:34 · n=813
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=535
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=766

Played most by

_X_86games of this buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus37games of this build