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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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Windfor Air
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Windfor Air
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Mex
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    15. PawnPawn ×2
    16. Converter
    17. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:22 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Energy storage
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:20 · typical 5:35
    7. Converter
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Wind
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Mex ×2
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. SkaterSkater ×2
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. CorsairDestroyer
  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 · 103 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Wind
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 6:40 · typical 9:16
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry ×2
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Wind ×2
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. HarpoonHarpoon
    12. SentrySentry ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Wind ×2
    19. NettleNettle
    20. SentrySentry
    21. EllysawFrigate
    22. Wind
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. EllysawFrigate
    25. NettleNettle
    26. Wind
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Wind
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. Wind
    35. EllysawFrigate
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret ×2
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Wind
    42. Construction ShipCon ship
    43. Naval Construction Turret
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Wind
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. Wind
    53. Tidal
    54. Mex
    55. Wind ×4
    56. Tidal
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Wind ×3
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Tidal
    61. Wind
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. EllysawFrigate
    68. Wind
    69. Tidal
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Tidal
    72. Wind ×2
    73. EllysawFrigate
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:24
    76. Wind ×2
    77. EllysawFrigate
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×7
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    84. Wind
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. Wind ×6
    87. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:05
    88. Wind ×2
    89. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:21
    90. Wind ×3
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. Wind ×4
    93. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    94. Wind ×6
    95. Advanced Sonar StationAdvanced Sonar Station
    96. Wind ×4
    97. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    98. Wind ×3
    99. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 14:37
    100. Wind ×2
    101. PaladinCruiserdone 14:51
    102. Wind ×2
    103. PaladinCruiser

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (37 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

37.4 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
32 metal received · 50832 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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