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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    13. PawnPawn
    14. 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: Sentry (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. Energy storage
    4. Mex
    5. Converter
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Converter
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Converter
    10. EelSubmarinedone 3:54 · typical 4:22
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. NettleNettle
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Mex
    25. Wind ×2
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. NettleNettle
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 116 steps
    1. Wind
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Wind
    7. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:35
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind ×4
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Wind ×5
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. Wind ×3
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Wind ×3
    24. Mexfor Front
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:16
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. EllysawFrigate
    43. Con turret
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Con turret
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Wind ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Construction ShipCon ship
    57. Wind ×12
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Wind
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    70. Wind ×2
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Wind
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind ×2
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind ×2
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Wind ×2
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Wind ×2
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Wind ×2
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Wind ×2
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. Wind ×12
    92. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:49
    93. Wind
    94. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    95. Wind ×4
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    100. Wind
    101. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    102. Converter ×2
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. PaladinCruiserdone 14:27
    107. Converter
    108. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    109. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:59
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Construction Turret
    113. Converter
    114. Naval Construction Turret
    115. Converter ×2
    116. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

sirniho

37.8 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
44 metal received · 17101 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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