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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:20 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Converter
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:34 · typical 5:35
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. Mex
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    14. Wind
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
  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 · 141 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    5. Con turret
    6. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Converter
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×6
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. Naval Construction Turret
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. HarpoonHarpoon
    27. Wind
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Mex
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Converter
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Wind ×2
    42. CorsairDestroyer
    43. Wind
    44. HarpoonHarpoon
    45. Wind
    46. Converter
    47. Tidal
    48. Wind
    49. Tidal
    50. SentrySentry
    51. Wind
    52. Tidal
    53. Converter
    54. Tidal
    55. Wind
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Wind
    58. Tidal
    59. Wind
    60. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    61. Tidal
    62. SentrySentry
    63. Wind
    64. Tidal
    65. Converter
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Converter
    73. Tidal
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Tidal
    77. Wind
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 10:40
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. Tidal
    82. Wind
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Tidal
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. Mex
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    89. Tidal
    90. Wind
    91. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    94. Tidal
    95. Wind
    96. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    97. CenturionCenturion ×2for Pond
    98. Tidal
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:29 · typical 9:16
    100. Construction ShipCon ship
    101. CenturionCenturionfor Pond
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Mex
    104. PawnPawnfor Pond
    105. Tidal
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. PawnPawnfor Pond
    108. SkaterSkater
    109. PawnPawnfor Pond
    110. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    111. PawnPawnfor Pond
    112. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    113. PawnPawnfor Pond
    114. Tidal
    115. PawnPawn ×2for Pond
    116. Tidal
    117. PawnPawnfor Pond
    118. Naval Construction Turret
    119. PawnPawn ×2for Pond
    120. Tidal
    121. PawnPawnfor Pond
    122. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    123. PawnPawnfor Pond
    124. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    125. Mex
    126. Tidal
    127. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    128. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:33
    129. Tidal
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub ×2
    132. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:12
    133. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    134. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    135. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    136. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    137. Tidal ×4
    138. Naval Energy Converter
    139. Tidal ×2
    140. Naval Energy Converter
    141. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (43 OS, 24/09/2026); 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

_X_

43.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
300 metal received · 61804 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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