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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 · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:06 · 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 (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:32 · 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 (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Energy storage
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. EelSubmarinedone 4:33 · typical 4:22
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. PawnPawn
    20. SentrySentry
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SentrySentry
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 81 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. NettleNettle
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:51 · typical 5:33
    14. Wind
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:50 · typical 7:40
    16. Wind
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:21 · typical 9:17
    28. Converter
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Converter
    32. DolphinDolphin ×3
    33. Converter
    34. Mex
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Converter
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. DolphinDolphin ×4
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Construction ShipCon ship ×4
    44. BeamerBeamer
    45. DolphinDolphin ×4
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. CompassRadar bot
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. NettleNettle
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    52. Mex
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Mex
    57. Naval Construction Turret
    58. Mex
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Naval Construction Turret
    61. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. Tidal
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. Tidal
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Tidal
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Tidal
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Tidal ×2
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:43
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Tidal ×3
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Tidal
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TheSituation's (51 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

TheSituation

51.1 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
826 metal received · 20722 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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