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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 · 805 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 861 · 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 805 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 (43%)

    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 1:12 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CrossbowCrossbow
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. NettleNettle
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. AnemoneAnemone
    24. Wind
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Wind
    27. Converter
    28. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:26 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Converter
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Energy storage
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 160 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Mex
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:36 · typical 5:36
    4. HarpoonHarpoon
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Con turret
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:30 · typical 7:46
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Converter
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Converter
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Converter
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:19
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Con turret ×2
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Con turret ×2
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind ×5
    40. Tidal
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Tidal
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Tidal
    46. Converter
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Tidal
    49. Converter
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Tidal
    52. Wind
    53. HarpoonHarpoon
    54. Wind
    55. HarpoonHarpoon
    56. Wind
    57. CorsairDestroyer
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. HarpoonHarpoon
    61. Wind ×4
    62. Tidal
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Tidal
    67. Wind
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Wind
    70. Tidal
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Tidal
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Tidal
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Tidal
    84. Converter ×2
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    88. Tidal
    89. Wind ×4
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. Wind
    92. Tidal
    93. Converter
    94. Con turret
    95. Converter
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind ×4
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter
    104. Naval Construction Turret
    105. Converter
    106. Wind
    107. Naval Construction Turret
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind ×3
    111. Naval Construction Turret
    112. Wind
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Wind ×2
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Converter ×2
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. Naval Construction Turret
    119. Wind
    120. DolphinDolphin
    121. Wind
    122. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:52
    123. Wind
    124. DolphinDolphin
    125. Wind ×2
    126. Tidal
    127. CorsairDestroyer
    128. Wind
    129. Tidal
    130. Con turret
    131. DolphinDolphin
    132. SkaterSkater
    133. Converter
    134. Wind
    135. Tidal
    136. Wind
    137. Tidal
    138. Con turret
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    141. Wind
    142. Tidal
    143. CorsairDestroyer
    144. SkaterSkater
    145. Tidal
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. DolphinDolphin
    149. Converter
    150. Wind ×3
    151. Tidal
    152. Wind ×5
    153. DolphinDolphin
    154. Wind
    155. Tidal
    156. DolphinDolphin
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. Tidal
    160. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

861 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002901050
5:00414218060
6:005551546300
7:0071071003620
8:00873617131011
9:001061624611661
10:001290433332246
11:001547745743166
12:001850057053955
13:002176468554834
14:002543779055686
15:002898489996664
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_

42.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
313 metal received · 41256 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=827
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=850
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:33 · n=506
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=798
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:15 · n=523
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=750

Played most by

_X_80games of this buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus38games of this build
Standard geo sea · Armada Geo sea build order · BAR Build Atlas