Geo sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1353 distinct matches · 173 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1508 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

0:03Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
3:12Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
4:21-5:36Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
7:46Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
9:19Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1353 GAMES

1
20:55
32:47
45:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 3Mex
- 3Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:18
Some games also: wind for allies (46%)
By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind
The example game in this phase · 3 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:29Wind ×4
3. 0:56Bot Labdone 1:13 · typical 1:12
2
Bot Lab to Shipyard
0:55 – 2:47
Economy
- 1Mex
- 1Wind
Order
1. Shipyard ~2:47after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:48–3:37
Builders
- 3 Con bot
- 2 Lazarus
Some games also: pawn (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (39%)
By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 5 steps
1. 1:13Con bot
2. 1:23Lazarus ×2
3. 1:45Mex
4. 2:02Con bot
5. 2:14Shipyarddone 2:31 · typical 3:11
3
Shipyard to 5:00
2:47 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 2Wind
Order
1. Eat Bot Lab ~3:37
Builders
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 3 Dolphin
- 1 Skater
Other
- 1 Radar Tower
Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)
By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret
The example game in this phase · 32 steps
1. 2:25Con bot
2. 2:28Wind
3. 2:33Con ship
4. 2:35Mex
5. 2:49Con ship
6. 2:51Tidal
7. 2:53Wind
8. 2:59Con bot
9. 2:59Mex
10. 3:13Wind
11. 3:13Skater
12. 3:13Mex
13. 3:14Wind ×2
14. 3:22Mex
15. 3:26Energy storage
16. 3:27Dolphin
17. 3:34Wind
18. 3:36Sentry
19. 3:43Dolphin
20. 3:45Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
21. 3:51Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
22. 3:51Wind
23. 3:53Dolphin ×2
24. 4:12Wind
25. 4:14Dolphin
26. 4:16Sentry
27. 4:25Destroyerdone 5:02 · typical 5:39
28. 4:33Wind
29. 4:42Mex
30. 4:44Geodone 6:07 · typical 7:52
31. 4:46Nettle
32. 4:54Wind
4
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 12Wind
- 3Converter
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 1 Grim Reaper
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 1 Sentry
- 4 Dolphin
- 2 Skater
- 2 Destroyer
Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (31%)
By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret
The example game in this phase · 206 steps
1. 5:05Grim Reaper
2. 5:13Radar Tower
3. 5:14Wind
4. 5:27Dragon's Teeth
5. 5:29Con ship
6. 5:30Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
7. 5:30Naval Construction Turret
8. 5:30Dragon's Teeth ×2
9. 5:36Converter
10. 5:39Dragon's Teeth ×2
11. 5:46Harpoon
12. 5:46Dragon's Teeth ×3
13. 5:54Skater
14. 5:58Dragon's Teeth ×2
15. 6:07Dolphin
16. 6:08Dragon's Teeth
17. 6:09Converter ×2
18. 6:12Dragon's Teeth
19. 6:16Dolphin
20. 6:17Dragon's Teeth
21. 6:21Dolphin
22. 6:22Dragon's Teeth
23. 6:25Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
24. 6:26Converter
25. 6:26Naval Construction Turret
26. 6:27Dragon's Teeth ×3
27. 6:37Dolphin
28. 6:41Dragon's Teeth
29. 6:42Converter
30. 6:45Dragon's Teeth ×2
31. 6:50Tidal
32. 6:50Dolphin
33. 6:55Dragon's Teeth
34. 6:59Tidal
35. 6:59Dragon's Teeth
36. 7:00Converter
37. 7:02Destroyer
38. 7:04Dragon's Teeth
39. 7:05Tidal
40. 7:08Sentry
41. 7:09Dragon's Teeth ×2
42. 7:17Converter
43. 7:18Dragon's Teeth
44. 7:26Radar Tower
45. 7:31Sentry
46. 7:34Converter
47. 7:40Con turret
48. 7:46Tidal
49. 7:47Grim Reaper
50. 7:50Tidal
51. 7:52Converter
52. 7:58Tidal
53. 8:03Mex
54. 8:05Con ship
55. 8:09Converter
56. 8:14Skater
57. 8:20Dolphin
58. 8:26Mex
59. 8:26Dolphin
60. 8:28Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
61. 8:35Dolphin ×2
62. 8:44Harpoon
63. 8:46Wind
64. 8:47Dolphin
65. 8:51Destroyer
66. 8:52Wind
67. 8:53Naval Construction Turret
68. 8:58Wind ×2
69. 9:14T2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:20
70. 9:18Converter
71. 9:19Grim Reaper
72. 9:28Wind
73. 9:29Con ship
74. 9:37Wind
75. 9:39Skater
76. 9:45Dolphin
77. 9:47Wind
78. 9:48Dolphin ×2
79. 9:53Wind
80. 9:55Dolphin ×2
81. 9:59Converter
82. 10:03Destroyer
83. 10:11Wind
84. 10:13Naval Construction Turret
85. 10:14T2 mex
86. 10:14Grim Reaper
87. 10:17Wind
88. 10:21Naval Construction Turret
89. 10:23Wind
90. 10:27Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
91. 10:27Naval Construction Turret ×2
92. 10:28Con ship
93. 10:29Wind
94. 10:34Naval Construction Turret
95. 10:35Converter
96. 10:38Naval Construction Turret
97. 10:38Skater
98. 10:45Dolphin
99. 10:46Wind
100. 10:48Dolphin
101. 10:48Naval Construction Turret
102. 10:49T2 mex
103. 10:51Tidal
104. 10:52Wind
105. 10:58Naval Construction Turret
106. 10:58Dolphin
107. 10:59Wind
108. 11:01Dolphin ×2
109. 11:05Converter
110. 11:06Naval Nettle
111. 11:07Destroyer
112. 11:08Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
113. 11:11Naval Nettle
114. 11:11Shipyarddone 11:44
115. 11:19Con turret
116. 11:25Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
117. 11:33Tidal
118. 11:35Grim Reaper
119. 11:45Tidal
120. 11:45Dolphin
121. 11:50T2 mex
122. 11:50Con ship
123. 11:50Skater
124. 11:55Tidal
125. 11:58Dolphin
126. 12:00Wind
127. 12:01Tidal
128. 12:01Frigate
129. 12:04Dolphin
130. 12:05Wind
131. 12:07Frigate
132. 12:08Tidal
133. 12:08Skater
134. 12:09Tidal
135. 12:09Wind
136. 12:11Frigate
137. 12:12Wind
138. 12:13Dolphin
139. 12:15Frigate
140. 12:16Tidal
141. 12:16Dolphin
142. 12:17Converter
143. 12:22Skater
144. 12:23Wind
145. 12:25Dolphin
146. 12:28Frigate
147. 12:30Tidal
148. 12:30Wind
149. 12:32Skater
150. 12:36Wind
151. 12:36Eat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
152. 12:37Advanced Shipyarddone 12:54
153. 12:39Eat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
154. 12:39Tidal
155. 12:40Wind
156. 12:43Converter
157. 12:50Wind
158. 12:52Mex
159. 12:54T2 mex
160. 12:54Wind
161. 12:55Advanced Construction Sub
162. 12:58Aircraft Plantdone 13:27
163. 13:00Tidal
164. 13:11Voyager
165. 13:17Mex
166. 13:19Voyager ×2
167. 13:27Wind
168. 13:27Light transport
169. 13:28Naval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:45
170. 13:31Voyager
171. 13:32Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
172. 13:33Tidal
173. 13:33Wind
174. 13:44Voyager
175. 13:45T2 mex
176. 13:46Mex
177. 13:46Con aircraft
178. 13:47Con turret
179. 13:50Converter
180. 13:55Con turret
181. 13:55Naval Advanced Metal Extractor
182. 13:58Wind
183. 14:01Tidal
184. 14:07Wind
185. 14:07Con aircraft
186. 14:07Wind ×3
187. 14:19Converter
188. 14:19Tidal
189. 14:19Wind ×2
190. 14:27Con aircraft
191. 14:28Wind
192. 14:29Converter
193. 14:30Wind ×2
194. 14:35Naval Advanced Metal Extractor
195. 14:37Tidal
196. 14:39Con turret
197. 14:40Wind ×2
198. 14:44Con aircraft
199. 14:46Con turret
200. 14:46Wind
201. 14:47Converter
202. 14:51Wind
203. 14:54Sentry
204. 14:54Converter ×2
205. 14:58Con aircraft
206. 15:00Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 13/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1508 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	395	0	0
2:00	928	0	0
3:00	1599	0	0
4:00	2877	0	40
5:00	4126	190	54
6:00	5518	531	295
7:00	7056	993	625
8:00	8721	1689	1025
9:00	10578	2460	1595
10:00	12803	3362	2244
11:00	15383	4415	3110
12:00	18468	5465	3798
13:00	21772	6429	4605
14:00	25372	7558	5383
15:00	28938	8451	6202

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

+ Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
+ Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.

− Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
− Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

40.3 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
150 metal received · 19264 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=1466

Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1488

Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:37 · n=918

Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1388

Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=950

Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:38–10:10 · n=1319

Played most by

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32 more of 1500, the most recent

Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31604-de18957
Naval balance tweaks off

Standard geo sea

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Shipyard

Shipyard to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

_X_

Typical milestones

Played most by

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