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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:48 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. SkaterSkater ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Mex
    6. Wind
    7. Mex ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex ×2
    14. NettleNettle
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:56 · typical 5:35
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:55 · typical 7:46
    20. Con turret
    21. Mex
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
  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%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    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 · 129 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexnot finished by 15:00 · typical 9:17
    13. Wind
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. Wind
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Wind
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter ×2
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Converter ×2
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Wind
    32. Converter
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind ×2
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Con turret
    42. Wind ×2
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. Con turret
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Converter
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Converter
    58. Mex
    59. Wind
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Wind
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. DolphinDolphin ×2
    66. Converter
    67. Wind
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Wind
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Wind
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Con turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    78. Wind ×2
    79. DolphinDolphin ×2
    80. Wind
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Wind
    84. CorsairDestroyer
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin ×2
    89. Wind
    90. DolphinDolphin
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Wind
    93. CorsairDestroyer
    94. Wind
    95. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    96. Wind
    97. DolphinDolphin
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin ×2
    100. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:33
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Wind
    103. CorsairDestroyer
    104. Wind ×2
    105. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    106. Wind
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin ×2
    110. Wind
    111. SkaterSkater
    112. CorsairDestroyer
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. Wind
    116. Con turret
    117. Naval Metal Storage
    118. Con turret
    119. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    120. DolphinDolphin ×3
    121. SkaterSkater
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:39
    124. Wind ×3
    125. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    126. Wind ×2
    127. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    128. Wind
    129. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 03/08/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

Thurley

35.8 OS · 03/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
237 metal received · 17245 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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