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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 · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Con turret
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. PawnPawn ×2
    11. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:15 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:45 · typical 4:22
    6. Converter
    7. Mex
    8. Converter
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind ×2
    14. DolphinDolphin ×5
    15. Wind ×2
    16. DolphinDolphin
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    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 (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 · 76 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    4. Wind
    5. Converter
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. AnemoneAnemone
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. Con turret
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Energy storage
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. SentrySentry
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:16 · typical 5:36
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. CorsairDestroyer
    27. Mex
    28. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:09 · typical 7:46
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:33
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Mex
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Converter
    39. Mex
    40. Converter
    41. ShipyardShipyarddone 10:24
    42. SkaterSkater ×2
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Con turret
    45. Converter
    46. EelSubmarine
    47. Converter
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Converter
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Converter
    52. CorsairDestroyer ×4
    53. Con turret
    54. AnemoneAnemone
    55. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Construction ShipCon ship
    59. Metal storage
    60. Construction ShipCon ship
    61. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:32
    62. Construction ShipCon ship
    63. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    64. PawnPawn
    65. CorsairDestroyer
    66. PawnPawn ×5
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. PawnPawn ×4
    69. AnemoneAnemone
    70. PawnPawn ×4
    71. SkaterSkater
    72. PawnPawn ×4
    73. CorsairDestroyer
    74. Energy storage
    75. PawnPawn ×2
    76. LazarusLazarus ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Immort's (54 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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

Immort

54.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
620 metal received · 19595 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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