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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Solar
    3. Mex
    4. Solar
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Windfor Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:56 · 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: Sentry (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Mex
    6. Con turret
    7. EelSubmarinedone 3:38 · typical 4:22
    8. Mex
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin ×5
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:49 · typical 7:45
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 125 steps
    1. Wind
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Solar ×3
    7. Wind
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind ×2
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Solar ×2
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Wind
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:27 · typical 5:35
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Wind
    17. Converter
    18. Solar
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Wind
    21. Con turret
    22. Converter
    23. Energy storage
    24. Wind
    25. Energy storage
    26. Converter
    27. Wind
    28. Energy storage
    29. Wind
    30. Energy storage
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. EelSubmarine
    34. Wind
    35. EelSubmarine
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind ×2
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Con turret
    41. Converter
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Con turret
    44. Converter
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Wind
    50. DolphinDolphin ×2
    51. Wind
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. EelSubmarine
    54. EllysawFrigate
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:10
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. Wind ×4
    61. EllysawFrigate
    62. Wind
    63. RiptideFrigatedone 10:07
    64. EllysawFrigate
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. EllysawFrigate
    69. Wind ×3
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Construction ShipCon ship
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. Construction ShipCon ship
    77. Wind
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Wind
    82. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 11:41
    83. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    84. Wind
    85. RiptideFrigate
    86. Mex
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. RiptideFrigate
    89. TsunamiTsunami
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. TsunamiTsunami
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. TsunamiTsunami
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. TsunamiTsunami
    96. SkaterSkater
    97. TsunamiTsunami ×2
    98. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    99. TsunamiTsunami
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Construction ShipCon ship
    102. Mex
    103. TsunamiTsunami
    104. Construction ShipCon ship
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. TsunamiTsunami
    107. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    108. TsunamiTsunami
    109. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    110. Advanced solar
    111. Mex
    112. HorizonHorizon
    113. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    114. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    115. OppressorDestroyerdone 13:28
    116. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    117. Mex
    118. Advanced solar
    119. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    120. Advanced solar ×3
    121. Naval Metal Storage
    122. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    123. Advanced solar
    124. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    125. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is KingBenjai's (45 OS, 15/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

KingBenjai

45.1 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
363 metal received · 104467 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

Played most by

Optimusprimenutt50games of this buildKingBenjai48games of this buildhaaven38games of this buildHummell32games of this buildRexalidus26games of this build