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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. PawnPawn
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:07 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Energy storage
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Converter
    8. DolphinDolphin ×3
    9. Converter
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Converter
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. NettleNettle
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. NettleNettle
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Wind
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 123 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:35
    7. EllysawFrigate ×6
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. SentrySentry
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 9:16
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Wind
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Con turret
    41. Mex
    42. EllysawFrigate
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    46. Wind
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. Wind ×2
    49. NettleNettle
    50. Wind ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind
    53. EllysawFrigate
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Wind
    56. SentrySentry
    57. Wind
    58. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. Wind ×2
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind ×3
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    65. Wind ×2
    66. EllysawFrigate
    67. Wind ×2
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind ×4
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind ×4
    72. EllysawFrigate
    73. Wind
    74. SentrySentry
    75. Wind ×3
    76. EllysawFrigate
    77. Wind ×2
    78. EllysawFrigate
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. Wind
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Wind ×3
    85. EllysawFrigate
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Con turret
    88. Wind
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Con turret
    92. Construction ShipCon ship
    93. Wind
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. DolphinDolphin ×2
    98. Metal storage
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Naval Construction Turret
    101. DolphinDolphin ×7
    102. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:24
    103. DolphinDolphin ×2
    104. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Wind ×3
    110. PaladinCruiserdone 14:13
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:26
    113. PaladinCruiser
    114. Wind
    115. SentrySentry
    116. Wind ×2
    117. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    118. Wind
    119. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    120. Wind
    121. SentrySentry
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

sirniho

37.8 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1468 metal received · 39283 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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