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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 (88%)

#naval #eco · 822 distinct matches · 106 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 879 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:11

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab first for early defence.
  2. Finish bot lab, then build shipyard in the cove.
  3. Push first submarine out to contest the sea.
  4. Add destroyer as the main contesting force.
  5. Transition into geothermal plant and advanced metal extractor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 822 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 ~3:12, middle half 2:51–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (45%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Con turret
    15. Wind
    16. CrossbowCrossbow
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. NettleNettle
    20. TickTick
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. Wind
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. AnemoneAnemone
    27. Wind
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. LazarusLazarus
    30. Wind
    31. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:15 · typical 3:12
  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 (34%) · pawn (31%)

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

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · 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

879 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160900
4:002893040
5:00414117554
6:005550541300
7:0071051001615
8:00873917051011
9:001061524581655
10:001290433332246
11:001549945823171
12:001850357053963
13:002179068434827
14:002544778555665
15:002895489766607
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play, backed by a bot lab before the shipyard, with a 53% team win rate matching the other sea role closely.

  • + Geothermal finishes by 7:46 in 58% of games, funding the economy transition.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed only 8994 by 15:00 versus own losses of 6662, a close sea fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

40.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
135 metal received · 66815 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=845
Shipyard3:12Middle 50%: 2:51–3:37 · n=868
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:29 · n=519
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:53–6:34 · n=813
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=535
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=766

Played most by

_X_86games of this buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus37games of this build