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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 ×4
    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 (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Con turret
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Mex
    8. Converter ×4
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. SentrySentry
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:33 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×3
    2. Mex
    3. Con turret
    4. Mex
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Mex
    7. EelSubmarinedone 5:09 · typical 4:22
    8. SentrySentry
  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 · 115 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:59 · typical 7:40
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Wind
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Mex
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Wind ×3
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Con turret
    21. NettleNettle
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Converter ×2
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Converter
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Converter
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Converter
    32. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    33. Converter
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:17
    37. Con turret
    38. Converter
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. Converter
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Construction ShipCon ship
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Naval Construction Turret
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Wind
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. DolphinDolphin ×2
    51. Wind
    52. DolphinDolphin ×2
    53. Wind
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin ×2
    58. Wind ×3
    59. Con turret
    60. Wind ×4
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. EelSubmarine
    63. Wind
    64. EelSubmarine
    65. Wind
    66. EelSubmarine
    67. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:42
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind
    71. Mex
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Mex
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Wind ×3
    79. NettleNettle
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    82. Con turret
    83. Wind ×4
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. Wind ×2
    90. EllysawFrigate
    91. Wind ×2
    92. EllysawFrigate
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:39
    95. Wind
    96. EllysawFrigate
    97. Wind
    98. EllysawFrigate
    99. Wind ×3
    100. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Wind ×2
    103. TickTick
    104. LazarusLazarus
    105. Wind
    106. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    107. LazarusLazarus
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. PaladinCruiserdone 13:31
    111. Wind
    112. LazarusLazarus
    113. Wind
    114. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    115. Wind ×5

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (37 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

36.5 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
244 metal received · 106450 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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