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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
  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 · 28 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:20
    3. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    4. Wind
    5. Con turretfor Beach sea
    6. StorkLight transport
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. BlinkScout plane
    11. NettleNettle
    12. Mex ×2
    13. BeamerBeamerfor Beach sea
    14. ShipyardShipyardfor Beach seadone 3:35 · typical 3:11
    15. FalconFighter
    16. Mex
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Mex
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Converter
    24. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:47 · typical 5:35
    25. Wind ×5
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. Wind
    28. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:13
  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

  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 · 84 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:45
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. OspreyHeavy transport
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex ×2
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Naval Construction Turret
    14. Mex
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:42 · typical 9:17
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. NettleNettle ×2
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Tidal
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Tidal
    26. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    27. Tidal
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Naval Construction Turret
    31. AnemoneAnemone
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Tidal
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Tidal
    38. Wind
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Tidal
    41. Wind
    42. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. AnemoneAnemone
    46. Tidal
    47. BeamerBeamer
    48. HarpoonHarpoon
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    54. Naval Construction Turret
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    58. DolphinDolphin
    59. HarpoonHarpoon
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. HarpoonHarpoon
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×3
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. DolphinDolphin
    75. CorsairDestroyer
    76. HarpoonHarpoon
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. HarpoonHarpoon
    80. CorsairDestroyer
    81. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    82. HarpoonHarpoon
    83. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    84. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 28/09/2026); 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_

39.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
43 metal received · 81880 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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