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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 ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:05 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:27 · typical 4:22
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Wind
    10. TickTick
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:59 · typical 5:35
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SentrySentry
    20. Mex
    21. Energy storage
    22. Naval Construction Turret
    23. Converter
    24. 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 (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 · 122 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyer
    2. Converter
    3. NettleNettle
    4. Con turret
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×4
    10. Converter
    11. Wind
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. Wind ×2
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    29. Wind ×3
    30. Converter
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind ×4
    33. Converter
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Wind ×4
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×4
    39. Converter
    40. Wind
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Wind ×3
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×4
    45. Converter
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:11 · typical 9:17
    47. Wind
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Naval Construction Turret
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Naval Construction Turret
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:18
    60. Wind
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. Wind
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. Converter
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. EllysawFrigate
    69. Wind
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind
    72. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:50
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. EllysawFrigate
    75. Converter
    76. EelSubmarine
    77. Wind
    78. EllysawFrigate
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. Wind
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. EllysawFrigate
    84. Wind
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Wind ×2
    91. EllysawFrigate
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. EllysawFrigate
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    99. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    100. Wind ×2
    101. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    102. BeamerBeamer
    103. Converter
    104. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    105. Wind
    106. BeamerBeamer
    107. EllysawFrigate
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. BeamerBeamer
    111. Wind ×2
    112. BeamerBeamer
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. BeamerBeamer ×2
    115. EllysawFrigate
    116. SkaterSkater
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. Mex
    119. EllysawFrigate
    120. DolphinDolphin
    121. BeamerBeamer
    122. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 27/09/2026); 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_

41.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1376 metal received · 66426 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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