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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Energy storage
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Mex
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:56 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. SkaterSkater ×2
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. Mex
    13. EllysawFrigate
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Mex
    19. EelSubmarinenot finished by 15:00 · typical 4:22
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:39 · typical 5:36
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:14 · typical 7:46
  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 · 94 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. DolphinDolphin ×2
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Converter ×2
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Converter
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Con turret
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Converter
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Converter
    20. Wind ×3
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Converter
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Wind ×2
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Wind
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Wind
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Converter
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Wind
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Wind ×2
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:01 · typical 9:19
    46. Wind
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Converter
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. DolphinDolphin ×3
    54. CorsairDestroyer
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Wind ×2
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Wind
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind ×2
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    68. Converter
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin ×2
    72. Wind
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. Construction ShipCon ship
    78. Wind
    79. CorsairDestroyer
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    85. Wind
    86. CorsairDestroyer
    87. Wind
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Wind
    93. Converter
    94. DolphinDolphin ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (40 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

Soliloqueur

40.2 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
503 metal received · 31157 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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