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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Mex ×2
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 50 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. Energy storage
    11. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Con turret
    15. Mex ×2
    16. Converter ×2
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind ×3
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind ×3
    31. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:05 · typical 7:46
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 5:16
    34. SentrySentry
    35. NettleNettle
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. SeekerSeeker
    38. HarpoonHarpoon
    39. SeekerSeeker ×4
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. SeekerSeeker
    42. Con turret
    43. SeekerSeeker
    44. Converter
    45. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    46. Converter ×2
    47. Con turret
    48. Converter
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:32 · typical 9:17
    50. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:22 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (31%)

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

  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%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    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 · 18 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Con turret
    3. Converter
    4. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    5. Converter
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    7. Converter
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. AnemoneAnemone
    10. DolphinDolphin ×3
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    12. DolphinDolphin ×5
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. DolphinDolphin ×3
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 9:46 · typical 5:36
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Con turret
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Achillesmsg's (39 OS, 16/09/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

RAM_Achillesmsg

39.4 OS · 16/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
7 metal received · 28101 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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