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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 (43%)

    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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. PawnPawn
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. Wind
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Wind
    21. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:52 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Energy storage
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Mex
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:38 · typical 5:36
    8. Converter
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 76 steps
    1. Converter
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. Converter
    4. EllysawFrigate ×2
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:52 · typical 7:46
    8. Mex
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    10. HarpoonHarpoon
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Converter
    16. SkaterSkater ×2
    17. Converter
    18. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:19
    19. SkaterSkater ×2
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Converter
    22. Naval Construction Turret
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Converter
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Naval Construction Turret
    27. Converter
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Converter
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. RiptideFrigatedone 9:31
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Naval Construction Turret
    36. HerringMissile corvette
    37. Tidal
    38. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:44
    39. RiptideFrigate
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Tidal
    44. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    45. Tidal ×4
    46. VoyagerVoyager
    47. Tidal
    48. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:57
    49. VoyagerVoyager
    50. Tidal
    51. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Tidal ×6
    54. VoyagerVoyager
    55. Tidal ×2
    56. VoyagerVoyager
    57. Tidal
    58. VoyagerVoyager
    59. Tidal
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    62. Tidal ×3
    63. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:48
    64. Con turret ×4
    65. CauteriserCauteriser
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    68. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 14:43
    69. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. Con turret ×2
    72. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    75. Con turret
    76. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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_

40.9 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
103 metal received · 65491 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

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