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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 (43%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Mex
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind ×2
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:15 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. EelSubmarinedone 4:31 · typical 4:22
    4. Converter
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Converter
    8. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:15 · typical 5:36
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 188 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Mex
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:58 · typical 9:19
    15. Converter
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    21. Con turret
    22. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×7
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×5
    26. Con turret
    27. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×5
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Construction ShipCon ship
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Converter
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Wind ×4
    37. Converter
    38. HarpoonHarpoon
    39. Wind
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Wind ×3
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind ×2
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Converter
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Wind
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Wind ×2
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. Wind
    63. Converter
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Converter
    73. Tidal
    74. Mex
    75. Wind
    76. Tidal
    77. Wind
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. HarpoonHarpoon
    81. Wind
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Converter
    84. Tidal
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. SkaterSkater
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. Converter
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. Mex
    94. Wind
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Wind
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Wind
    99. Con turret
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. SentrySentry
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    105. Converter
    106. CorsairDestroyer
    107. Naval Construction Turret
    108. SentrySentry
    109. Wind
    110. Naval Construction Turret
    111. SentrySentry
    112. Wind
    113. Tidal
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Tidal
    116. CorsairDestroyer
    117. Con turret
    118. Tidal
    119. Converter
    120. SentrySentry
    121. Tidal
    122. Con turret
    123. Wind
    124. CorsairDestroyer
    125. Tidal
    126. Wind
    127. SentrySentry
    128. Tidal
    129. Wind ×2
    130. CorsairDestroyer
    131. Wind
    132. Tidal
    133. Converter
    134. SentrySentry
    135. ChainsawChainsaw
    136. Wind
    137. ChainsawChainsaw
    138. NettleNettle
    139. Tidal
    140. CorsairDestroyer
    141. NettleNettle
    142. Tidal
    143. Naval NettleNaval Nettle ×2
    144. SentrySentry
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. SentrySentry
    148. Wind
    149. Tidal
    150. Converter
    151. SentrySentry
    152. Tidal
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Tidal
    155. Wind ×2
    156. SentrySentry
    157. Wind ×4
    158. Tidal
    159. Wind ×4
    160. SentrySentry
    161. Converter ×2
    162. Wind
    163. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    164. Tidal
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Converter
    167. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    168. Wind ×2
    169. SentrySentry
    170. Wind
    171. Tidal
    172. Wind
    173. Converter
    174. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Tidal
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. Wind ×2
    180. SkaterSkater
    181. SentrySentry
    182. Wind
    183. Tidal
    184. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    185. Converter
    186. Wind
    187. Tidal
    188. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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_

41.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1859 metal received · 84686 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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