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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Solar
    4. Mex
    5. Windfor Air
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:37 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Mex
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:22 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Tidal
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. SkaterSkater ×2
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. Tidal
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. EelSubmarinedone 4:36 · typical 4:22
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. Wind ×2
    20. SentrySentry ×2
  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 (40%) · geo (40%) · 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 · 140 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. DolphinDolphin ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:44 · typical 5:35
    16. Wind ×2
    17. Mex
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Wind
    20. Converter ×3
    21. Mex
    22. Converter
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Converter
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    29. Converter
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    33. Mex
    34. Converter
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    39. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    40. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    41. Wind
    42. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    46. Wind
    47. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Construction ShipCon ship
    52. Wind
    53. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    55. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    57. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    58. Construction ShipCon ship
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    62. Wind
    63. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    64. Mex
    65. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    66. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    67. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 9:51
    68. Mex
    69. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 11:24 · typical 7:45
    70. Mex
    71. TsunamiTsunami
    72. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Tidal
    75. TsunamiTsunami
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:40 · typical 9:17
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Tidal
    79. TsunamiTsunami
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. TsunamiTsunami
    84. Wind
    85. Tidal ×2
    86. Converter
    87. TsunamiTsunami
    88. Tidal
    89. Con turret
    90. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    91. Tidal
    92. TsunamiTsunami
    93. Converter
    94. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Tidal
    97. TsunamiTsunami
    98. Tidal
    99. Converter
    100. TsunamiTsunami
    101. Tidal
    102. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    103. TsunamiTsunami
    104. Converter ×3
    105. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:08
    106. Tidal
    107. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    108. Tidal
    109. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    110. Tidal
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. VoyagerVoyager
    113. Tidal
    114. VoyagerVoyager
    115. Tidal
    116. VoyagerVoyager
    117. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    118. Con turret
    119. VoyagerVoyager
    120. NettleNettle
    121. Tidal
    122. VoyagerVoyager
    123. Tidal ×3
    124. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    125. Wind
    126. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:41
    127. Wind
    128. Tidal
    129. Wind
    130. Tidal
    131. Wind
    132. Tidal
    133. Converter ×2
    134. Tidal
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. HarpoonHarpoon
    137. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    138. Wind
    139. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    140. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (38 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

Godmother13

37.7 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
194 metal received · 54787 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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