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Standard geo sea

Standard Geo sea play: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, geothermal around 7:40 to fund the later fleet transition.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · 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 (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:49 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 28 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Mex
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. NettleNettle
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind ×2
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. EelSubmarinedone 4:57 · typical 4:22
    25. Mex
    26. Wind ×2
    27. AnemoneAnemone
    28. EelSubmarine
  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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (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 · 137 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. AnemoneAnemone
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:35 · typical 5:35
    7. Wind ×7
    8. Con turret
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Con turret
    18. Converter
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Converter
    21. Con turret
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Converter
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. Converter
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Wind ×3
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Wind
    36. Energy storage
    37. Wind
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Wind ×2
    40. HarpoonHarpoon
    41. Wind ×4
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Wind ×4
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03 · typical 9:17
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin ×2
    52. Wind
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Wind
    55. Converter
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Converter ×2
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Converter
    66. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    67. Wind
    68. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Wind
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Mex
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    84. Wind
    85. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Wind
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. DolphinDolphin
    93. Wind
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. Wind
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Wind
    98. DolphinDolphin ×2
    99. Wind
    100. DolphinDolphin ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    104. DolphinDolphin
    105. Wind
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. Wind
    108. DolphinDolphin ×2
    109. Wind
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. SkaterSkater
    112. Wind
    113. CorsairDestroyer
    114. Wind
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind
    117. DolphinDolphin ×4
    118. Wind
    119. DolphinDolphin
    120. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    121. CorsairDestroyer
    122. Wind ×2
    123. CorsairDestroyer
    124. Wind ×2
    125. EllysawFrigate
    126. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    127. EllysawFrigate ×3
    128. SkaterSkater ×3
    129. HarpoonHarpoon
    130. SentrySentry ×2
    131. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    132. Mex
    133. Naval Construction Turret
    134. Con turret
    135. Naval Construction Turret
    136. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    137. Construction ShipCon ship

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (37 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 62% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

Crazydogg

37.4 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
962 metal received · 23376 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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