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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:26 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. PawnPawn
    3. SkaterSkater ×2
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:05 · typical 4:21
    5. Mex
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Construction ShipCon ship
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Mex ×2
    20. Construction ShipCon ship
  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 · 155 steps
    1. Mex
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:41 · typical 5:35
    3. SentrySentry
    4. HarpoonHarpoon
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Energy storage
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Naval Energy Converter
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SentrySentry
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Converter
    13. Naval Energy Converter
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. EelSubmarine
    18. Wind
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin ×4
    26. Wind
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. EelSubmarine
    29. Wind
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. DolphinDolphin ×3
    34. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:14
    35. Construction ShipCon ship
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:26 · typical 9:17
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Mex
    40. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    43. Wind
    44. Tidal
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Tidal ×3
    47. Construction BotCon bot
    48. Wind
    49. Tidal ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Tidal ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Tidal
    55. Wind
    56. Tidal
    57. Mex
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Tidal
    60. SentrySentry
    61. Tidal
    62. Wind
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Tidal
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Wind
    70. Tidal
    71. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:00 · typical 7:46
    72. Construction BotCon bot
    73. Tidal
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Mex
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. Tidal
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Tidal
    84. Wind
    85. Construction BotCon bot
    86. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    87. Mex
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. Tidal
    90. Construction BotCon bot
    91. Tidal
    92. Con turret
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:35
    95. Construction BotCon bot
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Tidal
    98. Con turret
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. PawnPawn
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. PawnPawn
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Tidal
    105. PawnPawn
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. Con turret ×2
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. PawnPawn
    110. Converter
    111. Tidal
    112. DolphinDolphin
    113. PawnPawn
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Tidal
    117. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    118. DolphinDolphin
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Converter
    121. Con turret
    122. PawnPawn
    123. Tidal
    124. DolphinDolphin
    125. PawnPawn
    126. Tidal
    127. PawnPawn
    128. Con turret
    129. Converter
    130. PawnPawn
    131. Tidal
    132. PawnPawn ×3
    133. Tidal
    134. Con turret
    135. PawnPawn
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Tidal
    139. PawnPawn ×2
    140. Tidal
    141. PawnPawn
    142. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    143. PawnPawn
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Tidal
    147. Converter
    148. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:29
    149. Converter
    150. Tidal
    151. Wind
    152. TsunamiTsunami
    153. Wind ×4
    154. TsunamiTsunami
    155. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (45 OS, 07/09/2026); 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

SeduceUrAfus

45.3 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
112 metal received · 60506 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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