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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Energy storage
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Wind
    16. CrossbowCrossbow
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. Wind
    19. CrossbowCrossbow
    20. Mex
    21. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:28 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Converter
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Naval Construction Turret
    9. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:06 · typical 5:33
    10. Mex
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 91 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. NettleNettle
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:49 · typical 7:40
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    10. Converter
    11. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    12. Converter
    13. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Converter ×2
    18. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    19. Converter
    20. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    21. Converter
    22. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    26. NettleNettle ×2
    27. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:52 · typical 9:17
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    38. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    39. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×5
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Tidal
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Tidal
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Tidal ×3
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. CorsairDestroyer
    52. Tidal
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Tidal
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Tidal
    57. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    58. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    59. HarpoonHarpoon
    60. Tidal
    61. Construction ShipCon ship
    62. Tidal
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. Tidal
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Tidal
    67. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    68. Tidal
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Tidal
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. Tidal ×2
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Tidal
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Tidal ×3
    81. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    84. Tidal ×3
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Tidal
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Tidal ×6
    89. CorsairDestroyer
    90. Tidal
    91. Bot LabBot Labnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

_X_

41.5 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
616 metal received · 31704 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

Played most by

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