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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 · 805 distinct matches · 106 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 861 · 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 805 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Solar
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:05 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Wind
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. LazarusLazarus
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:37 · 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 (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. Energy storage
    2. Mex
    3. Con turret
    4. SentrySentry
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Mex
    10. SentrySentry
    11. EllysawFrigate
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Mex
    14. Con turret
    15. EelSubmarinedone 5:05 · typical 4:22
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 (39%) · 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 · 107 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Converter
    3. EllysawFrigate
    4. Converter
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:23 · typical 5:36
    7. Converter
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. Converter
    11. Wind ×2
    12. NettleNettle
    13. Wind ×3
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
    15. Wind
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:00 · typical 9:19
    18. Wind
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
    20. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:23 · typical 7:46
    21. NettleNettle
    22. Wind
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind ×2
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. Tidal
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Tidal
    31. Wind ×3
    32. EllysawFrigate
    33. Tidal
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Tidal
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Tidal
    38. Wind
    39. Tidal
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind
    43. Tidal
    44. EllysawFrigate
    45. Wind
    46. Tidal
    47. Wind
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Wind
    50. Tidal
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Tidal
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Energy Converter
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Naval Energy Converter
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Naval Energy Converter
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. Wind
    64. DolphinDolphin ×2
    65. Naval Energy Converter
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Wind
    68. Naval Energy Converter
    69. DolphinDolphin ×3
    70. Wind
    71. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    72. EelSubmarine
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Wind
    82. SkaterSkater ×2
    83. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:17
    84. SkaterSkater ×2
    85. Wind
    86. SkaterSkater ×2
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    91. DolphinDolphin ×4
    92. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:30
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. HavenHaven
    98. Wind
    99. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:04
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    104. Wind
    105. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    106. Wind
    107. DreadnoughtBattleship

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ComDelivery's (38 OS, 20/09/2026); 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 1:52 · 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

861 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218063
6:005552544300
7:0071071003624
8:00873917131015
9:001062324701666
10:001290933572266
11:001550145763171
12:001851057073963
13:002176168664834
14:002537478645686
15:002892189896665
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

ComDelivery

38.3 OS · 20/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
49 metal received · 86919 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=827
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=850
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:33 · n=507
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:51–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:50–9:14 · n=522
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=749

Played most by

_X_77games of this buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus38games of this build