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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:06 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:42 · 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 (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:32 · typical 4:22
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex ×2
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Mex ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. DolphinDolphin ×4
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:21 · typical 5:35
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:27 · typical 7:45
  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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 151 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. Wind ×3
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind
    8. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08 · typical 9:17
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 8:02
    12. Con turret
    13. Converter
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. Converter ×2
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. Mex
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Converter
    23. SabreSabre
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. Wind
    30. SabreSabre
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Converter
    38. SabreSabre
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Wind ×2
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. SabreSabre
    43. Con turret
    44. SentrySentry
    45. SabreSabre
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Energy storage
    49. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    50. SabreSabre
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Energy storage
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. SabreSabre
    56. Wind
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. SabreSabre
    59. Wind
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. SkaterSkater
    62. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:42
    63. SabreSabre
    64. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    65. Construction BotCon bot
    66. Wind
    67. SabreSabre
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind
    71. Construction BotCon bot
    72. Wind
    73. SabreSabre
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. Wind
    79. Construction BotCon bot
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. Wind
    82. SabreSabre
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Construction BotCon bot
    88. Wind
    89. SabreSabre
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Construction BotCon bot
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:01
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. SkaterSkater
    97. Wind
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Construction BotCon bot
    102. Wind
    103. Construction BotCon bot
    104. Wind
    105. Construction BotCon bot
    106. Wind
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Wind
    109. Construction BotCon bot
    110. Wind
    111. Construction BotCon bot
    112. Wind
    113. Construction BotCon bot
    114. DolphinDolphin ×2
    115. Converter
    116. SentrySentry
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. BeamerBeamer
    119. OverwatchOverwatch
    120. SentrySentry
    121. Converter
    122. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    123. DolphinDolphin
    124. Wind
    125. OverwatchOverwatch
    126. Converter
    127. DolphinDolphin
    128. SentrySentry
    129. Wind
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    132. Converter
    133. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    134. DolphinDolphin
    135. Wind
    136. DolphinDolphin
    137. SentrySentry
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind
    141. DolphinDolphin
    142. SentrySentry
    143. Wind
    144. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    145. DolphinDolphin
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    149. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    150. Wind
    151. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KingBenjai's (46 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

KingBenjai

46.2 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
26 metal received · 89295 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

Played most by

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