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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 04/10/2026); 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_

42.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
880 metal received · 69775 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 buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus38games of this build