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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Energy storage
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:00 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Wind ×2
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. SentrySentry
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:08 · typical 5:35
    22. SentrySentry
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
  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 · 95 steps
    1. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    2. Con turret
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:39 · typical 7:45
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. SentrySentry
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. SentrySentry
    12. NettleNettle
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. NettleNettle ×2
    17. Converter ×2
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Converter ×4
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Converter
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Converter ×3
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:04
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Construction Turret
    30. Mex
    31. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Tidal ×2
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Tidal
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Tidal
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Tidal
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Tidal
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:11
    54. Tidal
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Tidal
    57. Mex
    58. Tidal ×2
    59. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    60. Tidal
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. VoyagerVoyager
    63. Tidal
    64. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:03
    65. Tidal
    66. VoyagerVoyager
    67. Mex
    68. VoyagerVoyager
    69. Tidal
    70. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    71. Tidal
    72. VoyagerVoyager
    73. Tidal
    74. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    75. Tidal ×2
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. Tidal
    78. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Tidal
    81. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Tidal
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. Tidal
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. Tidal
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. Tidal
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Tidal ×2
    92. Amphibious ComplexAmphibious Complexnot finished by 15:00
    93. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:59
    94. Tidal
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (43 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

_X_

43.3 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
150 metal received · 136832 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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