Geo sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

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

0:03Open 3 mex and wind into Bot Lab.
2:49Put up Shipyard with naval turret and BP for defense.
4:27Send out "submarine" then "destroyer" to contest the sea.
7:46Bring geothermal online to fund the fleet.
9:18Add Advanced Metal Extractor as the economy transitions.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 803 GAMES

1
20:55
32:48
45:00

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
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 3Mex
- 3Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 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 · 7 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:29Windfor Air
3. 0:30Solar
4. 0:46Windfor Air
5. 0:52Wind
6. 0:59Energy storage
7. 1:24Bot Labdone 1:41 · typical 1:12
2
Bot Lab to Shipyard
0:55 – 2:48
Economy
- 1Mex
- 1Wind
Order
1. Shipyard ~2:48after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:50–3:37
Builders
- 3 Con bot
- 2 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 · 6 steps
1. 1:41Con bot
2. 1:52Lazarus
3. 2:07Con bot
4. 2:23Lazarus
5. 2:36Crossbow
6. 2:40Shipyarddone 2:57 · typical 3:11
3
Shipyard to 5:00
2:48 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 1Wind
Builders
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 3 Dolphin
- 1 Skater
Other
- 1 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 · 21 steps
1. 2:45Con bot
2. 2:53Mex
3. 3:00Submarinedone 3:20 · typical 4:22
4. 3:01Lazarus
5. 3:12Pawn
6. 3:21Dolphin ×2
7. 3:32Mex
8. 3:42Con ship
9. 3:47Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
10. 3:56Dolphin ×3
11. 4:08Mex
12. 4:15Dolphin
13. 4:17Mex
14. 4:25Grim Reaper
15. 4:27Con turret
16. 4:32Radar Tower
17. 4:39Mex
18. 4:47Dolphin
19. 4:56Dragon's Teeth
20. 4:56Wind
21. 4:59Dragon's Teeth
4
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 12Wind
- 2Converter
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 2 Grim Reaper
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 1 Sentry
- 4 Dolphin
- 2 Skater
- 2 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 · 114 steps
1. 5:03Dragon's Teeth ×2
2. 5:08Submarine
3. 5:11Dragon's Teeth
4. 5:11Wind
5. 5:14Dragon's Teeth ×5
6. 5:32Wind
7. 5:33Mex
8. 5:34Dolphin
9. 5:34Dragon's Teeth ×2
10. 5:39Wind
11. 5:42Dragon's Teeth
12. 5:44Con turret
13. 5:45Dragon's Teeth ×2
14. 5:50Harpoon
15. 5:52Dragon's Teeth
16. 5:52Dolphin
17. 5:55Dragon's Teeth ×4
18. 6:07Skater
19. 6:08Dragon's Teeth ×3
20. 6:18Dolphin
21. 6:19Dragon's Teeth
22. 6:19Wind
23. 6:23Dragon's Teeth ×2
24. 6:26Wind
25. 6:27Submarine
26. 6:29Dragon's Teeth ×2
27. 6:33Con turret
28. 6:36Dragon's Teeth ×4
29. 6:48Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
30. 6:52Dragon's Teeth ×3
31. 6:58Wind
32. 7:02Dragon's Teeth
33. 7:04Submarine
34. 7:04Wind
35. 7:05Dragon's Teeth ×2
36. 7:09Wind
37. 7:12Dolphin
38. 7:12Dragon's Teeth
39. 7:13Destroyerdone 7:52 · typical 5:36
40. 7:15Wind
41. 7:15Dragon's Teeth
42. 7:16Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
43. 7:19Dragon's Teeth ×3
44. 7:35Wind
45. 7:54Destroyer
46. 7:55Wind
47. 8:01Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
48. 8:03Converter
49. 8:16Con turret
50. 8:37Converter
51. 8:41Harpoon
52. 9:01Destroyer
53. 9:02Sentry
54. 9:02Converter
55. 9:11Geodone 9:57 · typical 7:46
56. 9:12Converter
57. 9:14Mex ×2
58. 9:36Radar Tower
59. 9:45Energy storage
60. 9:50Dolphin
61. 10:01Shipyarddone 10:18
62. 10:02Converter ×3
63. 10:20Destroyer
64. 10:26Converter ×3
65. 10:46Metal storage
66. 10:49Con ship
67. 10:54Converter ×3
68. 11:13Con ship ×2
69. 11:46Skater
70. 11:53Dolphin ×2
71. 12:03Naval Construction Turret
72. 12:15T2 mexdone 12:44 · typical 9:19
73. 12:15Dolphin ×2
74. 12:27Wind
75. 12:41Dolphin
76. 12:45Wind
77. 12:45T2 mex
78. 12:50Dolphin
79. 12:52Wind
80. 12:58Dolphin ×2
81. 13:09Naval Construction Turret
82. 13:12Dolphin
83. 13:13Con turret
84. 13:20T2 mex
85. 13:21Dolphin
86. 13:29Skater
87. 13:33Con turret
88. 13:37Naval Construction Turret
89. 13:42Dolphin ×3
90. 13:55Wind
91. 13:58Dolphin
92. 13:59Wind
93. 14:02Dolphin
94. 14:03Wind
95. 14:06Dolphin
96. 14:07Wind
97. 14:10Dolphin
98. 14:13Wind
99. 14:14Dolphin
100. 14:18Converter
101. 14:18Dolphin
102. 14:19T2 mex
103. 14:22Grim Reaper
104. 14:24Converter
105. 14:30Wind
106. 14:30Grim Reaper
107. 14:36Wind
108. 14:39Grim Reaper
109. 14:40Wind ×2
110. 14:47Dolphin
111. 14:49Wind
112. 14:51Skater
113. 14:53Wind ×2
114. 14:57Submarine

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Godmother13's (39 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

You get

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

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	395	0	0
2:00	928	0	0
3:00	1606	0	0
4:00	2902	0	50
5:00	4142	181	60
6:00	5551	546	300
7:00	7107	1003	622
8:00	8736	1713	1011
9:00	10616	2470	1665
10:00	12905	3357	2248
11:00	15499	4576	3166
12:00	18503	5707	3963
13:00	21764	6866	4834
14:00	25437	7905	5686
15:00	28954	8999	6664

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

Godmother13

38.7 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
376 metal received · 30830 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

Played most by

_X_78games of this build Optimusprimenutt52games of this build KingBenjai50games of this build WashedGamuer49games of this build Rexalidus38games of this build

Supporting games

Pick a game to read and play it above.

_X_04/10/2026 · 42 OS↗WashedGamuer04/10/2026 · 42 OS↗Crazydogg04/10/2026 · 38 OS↗Immort04/10/2026 · 54 OS↗_X_04/10/2026 · 42 OS↗_X_04/10/2026 · 42 OS↗_X_04/10/2026 · 42 OS↗Adeus04/10/2026 · 37 OS↗Godmother1303/10/2026 · 39 OS↗

32 more of 851, the most recent

Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-31479-433a460
Naval balance tweaks on

Standard geo sea

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Shipyard

Shipyard to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

Godmother13

Typical milestones

Played most by

Supporting games