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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 (87%)

#naval #eco · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. 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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. 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: Sentry (44%) · submarine (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 29 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Mex
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Mex
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Tidal
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. Tidal
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. Tidal
    21. Wind ×2
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Wind ×2
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Wind
    29. 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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (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 · 98 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. EelSubmarinedone 5:35 · typical 4:22
    5. Wind
    6. Con turret
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind ×6
    11. BeamerBeamer
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Converter
    14. EllysawFrigate
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Converter
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Converter
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:00 · typical 5:35
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. Wind
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. EllysawFrigate
    31. SentrySentry
    32. Wind
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. EelSubmarine
    35. Wind
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Wind
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00 · typical 9:17
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Wind
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. HarpoonHarpoon
    53. Wind
    54. Con turret
    55. EllysawFrigate
    56. Wind ×2
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Advanced solar
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. EllysawFrigate
    62. Advanced solar
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Advanced solar
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. EllysawFrigate ×2
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. DolphinDolphin ×5
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. DolphinDolphin ×2
    73. HarpoonHarpoon
    74. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Con turret
    77. DolphinDolphin ×2
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. DolphinDolphin ×3
    80. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    81. Naval Construction Turret
    82. Con turret
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Con turret
    86. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    87. Naval Construction Turret
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Con turret
    90. AnemoneAnemone
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. AnemoneAnemone
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. HarpoonHarpoon
    95. DolphinDolphin ×2
    96. HarpoonHarpoon
    97. Con turret
    98. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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

37.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
332 metal received · 7599 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=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

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