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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

_X_

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
2823 metal received · 41067 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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