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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:22 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:31 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarusfor Suicide front
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. SkaterSkater ×2
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:15 · typical 4:21
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Mex
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Con turret
    16. DolphinDolphin ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Converter
    19. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:44 · typical 5:36
  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 · 124 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. EelSubmarine
    5. Wind ×3
    6. Naval Energy Converter
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×2
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Wind
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Wind ×3
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. DolphinDolphin ×2
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Converter
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Converter
    25. EelSubmarine
    26. Wind
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Wind
    29. Construction ShipCon ship
    30. Wind ×3
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Wind
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. Wind ×3
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:35 · typical 9:17
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. EelSubmarine
    47. Wind
    48. Construction ShipCon ship
    49. Wind
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Wind
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin ×2
    57. Wind
    58. DolphinDolphin
    59. Wind
    60. DolphinDolphin ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Mex
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. Converter
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Wind
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Wind ×4
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Converter ×2
    74. EelSubmarine
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. Construction ShipCon ship
    79. Wind
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Wind ×2
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Wind
    86. DolphinDolphin ×2
    87. Energy storage
    88. Wind
    89. DolphinDolphin ×2
    90. EelSubmarine
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Construction ShipCon ship
    93. Wind
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Wind
    96. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    97. Wind ×2
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. Wind
    101. DolphinDolphin ×2
    102. Wind
    103. DolphinDolphin ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. EelSubmarine
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Construction ShipCon ship
    108. Wind
    109. SkaterSkater
    110. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:27
    111. Wind
    112. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    113. Converter ×2
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. SkaterSkater
    116. SentrySentry
    117. DolphinDolphin ×2
    118. Converter
    119. Pit BullPit Bull
    120. DolphinDolphin ×3
    121. Converter
    122. DolphinDolphin ×3
    123. EelSubmarine
    124. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (46 OS, 30/08/2026); 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

SeduceUrAfus

45.7 OS · 30/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
278 metal received · 174148 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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