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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (37 OS, 22/09/2026); 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

sirniho

37.4 OS · 22/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
119 metal received · 18995 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

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