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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1349 distinct matches · 173 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1504 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1349 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:08 · 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 2:48–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (39%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×4
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:31 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind ×2
    9. Mex
    10. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Energy storage
    14. Mex
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind
    17. EelSubmarinedone 4:40 · typical 4:27
    18. Wind
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. BeamerBeamer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Wind
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 118 steps
    1. Mex
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:20 · typical 5:39
    3. Wind
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Con turret
    6. Converter ×2
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Converter ×2
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:00 · typical 7:52
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. ChainsawChainsaw
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. Converter
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Wind
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Wind
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Wind
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:11 · typical 9:21
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Mex
    40. Wind
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. RiptideFrigatedone 9:34
    47. Wind
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. RiptideFrigate
    52. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    55. RiptideFrigate
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    59. Construction ShipCon ship
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. RiptideFrigate
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    68. Mex
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. RiptideFrigate
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Construction ShipCon ship
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. SentrySentry
    83. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    84. OrcaSubmarinedone 12:27
    85. Hovercraft PlatformHovercraft Platformdone 12:56
    86. Construction ShipCon ship
    87. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    88. SentrySentry
    89. Naval Construction Turret ×5
    90. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:52
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. Naval Construction Turret
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Naval Construction Turret ×3
    95. SweeperSweeper
    96. Con turret
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    100. Con turret
    101. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:11
    102. SweeperSweeper
    103. Con turret
    104. SentrySentry
    105. SweeperSweeper
    106. Con turret
    107. SweeperSweeper
    108. Con turret
    109. SweeperSweeper
    110. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    111. SeekerSeeker ×5
    112. Con turret
    113. SeekerSeeker ×2
    114. SentrySentry
    115. Con turret
    116. SeekerSeeker ×2
    117. Con turret
    118. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Cinnamon18's (33 OS, 17/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1504 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160000
4:002877040
5:00412619054
6:005518532295
7:007055993623
8:00872116921030
9:001057824611601
10:001280333632247
11:001538344203110
12:001846854653798
13:002177264294605
14:002537875495383
15:002896984516190
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Cinnamon18

32.6 OS · 17/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
112 metal received · 75445 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=1462
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1484
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:37 · n=915
Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1384
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=947
Advanced Metal Extractor9:21Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1316

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