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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 · 7 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Con turret
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:29 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Converter ×4
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. EelSubmarinedone 3:58 · typical 4:22
    4. Con turret
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:34 · typical 7:45
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 121 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Con turret
    4. SentrySentry
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. NettleNettle
    7. Converter
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Converter
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Converter
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Converter
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Converter
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Converter ×2
    19. Mex
    20. Con turret
    21. Converter
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Metal Storage
    30. Mex
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind ×4
    35. Mex
    36. Wind ×5
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:58 · typical 9:17
    38. Con turret
    39. Wind ×4
    40. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 9:05
    41. Mex
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    49. Wind ×3
    50. VoyagerVoyager
    51. Wind
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 10:14
    54. Wind
    55. VoyagerVoyager
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    59. Wind
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind ×2
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Con turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PaladinCruiserdone 10:30
    66. Wind
    67. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    68. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    69. Wind ×7
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×4
    72. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    73. Wind
    74. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 11:33
    75. Wind
    76. MorayMoraydone 11:41
    77. Wind ×6
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    82. Wind
    83. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    84. Wind ×2
    85. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 12:59
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind ×5
    89. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret ×2
    94. Energy storage
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Con turret
    97. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    98. Con turret
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. Con turret
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. Con turret
    103. Wind
    104. Con turret
    105. Wind
    106. Naval Construction Turret
    107. Con turret
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Con turret
    110. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    111. Naval Construction Turret
    112. MorayMoray
    113. Con turret ×2
    114. Wind
    115. Con turret ×2
    116. Naval ArbalestNaval Arbalest
    117. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:49
    118. Naval Energy Storage
    119. Con turret
    120. Advanced Fusion ReactorAdvanced Fusion Reactornot finished by 15:00
    121. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (39 OS, 18/08/2026); 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 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

39.4 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
283 metal received · 119278 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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