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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. 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 ~3:11, middle half 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. TickTick
    7. PawnPawn ×2
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:16 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×3
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:49 · typical 4:21
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Con turret
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Con turret
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. SentrySentryfor Pond
    16. 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 (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    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 · 204 steps
    1. SentrySentryfor Pond
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Wind
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. Wind
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    17. Wind
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. Wind
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    25. Wind ×2
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:59 · typical 5:36
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    37. Converter
    38. Energy storage
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    40. Wind
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    48. Wind
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Wind
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    52. Converter
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    54. Wind
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    58. SkaterSkater
    59. Converter
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    67. Wind
    68. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Converter
    77. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    78. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    79. CorsairDestroyer
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. Wind ×3
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. Converter
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Wind ×2
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Wind ×3
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. Wind ×2
    95. DolphinDolphin
    96. Wind ×3
    97. DolphinDolphin
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Wind
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    104. BeamerBeamer
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Wind ×2
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind ×2
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Wind
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Wind
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Wind ×2
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. Wind
    119. DolphinDolphin
    120. Wind
    121. DolphinDolphin
    122. Wind
    123. DolphinDolphin
    124. Wind
    125. BeamerBeamer
    126. Wind
    127. DolphinDolphin
    128. Wind
    129. DolphinDolphin
    130. Wind
    131. DolphinDolphin
    132. Wind
    133. Construction ShipCon ship
    134. Wind ×2
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:24
    136. Metal storage
    137. Mex
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. Wind
    141. Mex
    142. Energy storage
    143. Wind
    144. BeamerBeamer
    145. Wind
    146. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    147. Energy storage
    148. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:48
    149. Wind
    150. Energy storage
    151. Wind
    152. Con turret
    153. SkaterSkater
    154. Con turret
    155. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    156. EllysawFrigate
    157. Wind
    158. BeamerBeamer
    159. Wind
    160. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    161. EllysawFrigate
    162. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:25
    163. Wind
    164. BeamerBeamer
    165. EllysawFrigate
    166. BeamerBeamer
    167. EllysawFrigate
    168. BeamerBeamer
    169. Wind
    170. EllysawFrigate
    171. BeamerBeamer
    172. Construction BotCon bot
    173. BeamerBeamer
    174. EllysawFrigate
    175. Wind ×2
    176. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:05
    177. Wind
    178. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    179. StorkLight transport
    180. Wind
    181. StorkLight transport
    182. Wind
    183. StorkLight transport
    184. Wind ×3
    185. OspreyHeavy transport ×3
    186. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:52
    187. Con turret
    188. Wind
    189. BeamerBeamer
    190. PawnPawn ×4
    191. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    192. Wind
    193. PawnPawn ×7
    194. Wind
    195. PawnPawn ×3
    196. Con turret ×2
    197. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    198. PawnPawn ×2
    199. Wind
    200. PawnPawn
    201. Con turret
    202. PawnPawn
    203. Naval Construction Turret
    204. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (47 OS, 01/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

haaven

47.1 OS · 01/10/2026

Open source match ↗

15 received units · includes a constructor
439 metal received · 38248 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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