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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 (88%)

#naval #eco · 822 distinct matches · 106 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 879 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:11

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab first for early defence.
  2. Finish bot lab, then build shipyard in the cove.
  3. Push first submarine out to contest the sea.
  4. Add destroyer as the main contesting force.
  5. Transition into geothermal plant and advanced metal extractor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 822 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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:12, middle half 2:51–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (45%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:32 · typical 3:12
  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 (34%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. SentrySentry
    9. DolphinDolphin ×2
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex
    12. EelSubmarinedone 4:20 · typical 4:21
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. Mex ×2
    16. NettleNettle
    17. SkaterSkater ×2
    18. Energy storage
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    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 (41%) · geo (40%) · frigate (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 · 118 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Mex
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. HarpoonHarpoon
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. EelSubmarine
    13. Construction ShipCon ship
    14. SentrySentry
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. SentrySentry
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. DolphinDolphin ×2
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin ×3
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Wind
    28. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin ×3
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:31 · typical 9:19
    32. Wind
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind
    35. DolphinDolphin ×4
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind
    38. Tidal ×4
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Tidal
    41. Wind
    42. Tidal ×2
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Tidal ×2
    45. Mex
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Tidal
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Tidal
    53. Wind
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformnot finished by 15:00
    56. Tidal ×2
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Tidal
    59. CorsairDestroyerdone 10:58 · typical 5:36
    60. Mex
    61. Tidal
    62. Wind
    63. Tidal
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. DolphinDolphin ×3
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Wind
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. HarpoonHarpoon
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    78. Wind
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. HarpoonHarpoon
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. HarpoonHarpoon
    84. DolphinDolphin ×2
    85. HarpoonHarpoon
    86. Wind
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Wind
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. DolphinDolphin ×4
    94. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    95. Wind
    96. CorsairDestroyer
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Naval Construction Turret
    103. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:29
    104. Naval Construction Turret
    105. Wind
    106. Construction ShipCon ship
    107. Tidal
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. HarpoonHarpoon
    110. Wind
    111. Tidal
    112. Construction ShipCon ship
    113. Wind
    114. TsunamiTsunami
    115. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    116. TsunamiTsunami
    117. Naval Construction Turret
    118. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (47 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · 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

879 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160900
4:002893040
5:00414117554
6:005550541300
7:0071051001615
8:00873917051011
9:001061524581655
10:001290433332246
11:001549945823171
12:001850357053963
13:002179068434827
14:002544778555665
15:002895489766607
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play, backed by a bot lab before the shipyard, with a 53% team win rate matching the other sea role closely.

  • + Geothermal finishes by 7:46 in 58% of games, funding the economy transition.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed only 8994 by 15:00 versus own losses of 6662, a close sea fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

SeduceUrAfus

46.8 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 28744 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=845
Shipyard3:12Middle 50%: 2:51–3:37 · n=868
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:29 · n=519
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:53–6:34 · n=813
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=535
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=766

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