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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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. Solar
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:08 · 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
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:56 · 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 (32%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (37 OS, 12/09/2026); 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 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

Crazydogg

37.1 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
848 metal received · 18380 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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