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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind
    4. 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×4
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Con turret
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:02 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Mex
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:00 · typical 5:36
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:35 · typical 7:46
  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 · 94 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. Wind
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Mex ×2
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. Converter
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Converter ×2
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Wind
    22. NettleNettle
    23. Converter
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Converter
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. Wind
    29. Converter ×2
    30. EllysawFrigate
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Construction ShipCon ship
    34. Converter
    35. Con turret
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Converter
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. Wind
    40. Converter
    41. EllysawFrigate
    42. Wind
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:53 · typical 9:17
    46. Wind
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. SentrySentry
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. SentrySentry
    51. EllysawFrigate
    52. Wind
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Wind
    56. EllysawFrigate
    57. HarpoonHarpoon
    58. Wind
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. EllysawFrigate
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:57
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. Wind
    68. Mex ×2
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Con turret
    73. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    74. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    75. Mex
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. VoyagerVoyager
    78. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    79. Mex
    80. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. VoyagerVoyager
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. DreadnoughtBattleshipfor Suicide frontdone 13:19
    85. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:50
    86. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    87. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    90. DreadnoughtBattleship
    91. HavenHaven
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Energy storage
    94. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Pitacupateu's (36 OS, 17/08/2026); 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

Pitacupateu

36.2 OS · 17/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
82 metal received · 157118 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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