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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:36 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Mex
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Energy storage
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. PawnPawn ×2
    9. Mex ×2
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:30 · typical 5:35
    14. Con turret
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:17 · typical 7:45
  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 · 170 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×4
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Converter
    6. DolphinDolphin ×3
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Converter
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Converter
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Converter
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. Converter
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Converter
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Mex
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Converter
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Converter
    26. DolphinDolphin ×2
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. Converter
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Con turret
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Converter
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Converter
    36. DolphinDolphin ×2
    37. Converter
    38. DolphinDolphin ×2
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Converter
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Con turret
    43. Construction ShipCon ship
    44. Converter
    45. Naval Construction Turret
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind
    48. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    49. Wind
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Converter
    53. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Naval Construction Turret
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    62. Converter
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Converter
    65. Wind ×2
    66. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:34 · typical 9:17
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    73. DolphinDolphin ×2
    74. Wind
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. Converter
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    78. AggravatorAggravatorfor Suicide front
    79. Wind
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Wind
    82. DolphinDolphin ×2
    83. Wind
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. GruntGrunt
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Con turret
    89. CorsairDestroyer
    90. Converter
    91. Wind
    92. Mex
    93. Wind
    94. GruntGruntfor Suicide front
    95. Wind
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Wind
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Converter
    100. DolphinDolphin
    101. Wind
    102. GruntGrunt
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. Wind
    107. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    108. GruntGrunt
    109. Wind
    110. Construction ShipCon ship
    111. Con turret
    112. Wind
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Converter
    115. GruntGrunt
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    118. Wind
    119. DolphinDolphin ×2
    120. Wind
    121. CorsairDestroyer
    122. Wind
    123. Wind ×2
    124. Wind
    125. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    126. DolphinDolphin
    127. GruntGrunt
    128. Converter
    129. DolphinDolphin
    130. Wind
    131. Wind
    132. DolphinDolphin
    133. Wind
    134. DolphinDolphin
    135. GruntGrunt
    136. Wind
    137. SkaterSkater
    138. Converter
    139. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    140. GruntGrunt
    141. Construction ShipCon ship
    142. Wind
    143. Wind
    144. DolphinDolphin
    145. Wind
    146. GruntGrunt
    147. Wind
    148. DolphinDolphin
    149. Wind
    150. DolphinDolphin
    151. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    152. Converter
    153. DolphinDolphin
    154. GruntGrunt
    155. Wind
    156. CorsairDestroyer
    157. Wind
    158. Wind
    159. Wind
    160. GruntGrunt
    161. DolphinDolphin
    162. Naval Construction Turret
    163. Converter
    164. DolphinDolphin
    165. Wind
    166. DolphinDolphin
    167. Naval Construction Turret
    168. Wind
    169. GruntGrunt
    170. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (40 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

40.0 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

57 received units · includes a constructor
175 metal received · 86024 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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