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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. TickTick
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. PawnPawn ×2
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:45 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Converter
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Converter
    8. Mex
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. EelSubmarinedone 4:25 · typical 4:22
    13. Energy storage
    14. Mex
    15. SentrySentry
    16. DolphinDolphin ×2
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Mex
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. SentrySentry
    23. 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 · 100 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Wind
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. HarpoonHarpoon
    5. SentrySentry
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:30 · typical 5:36
    7. Wind ×3
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Wind ×2
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Mex
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind ×2
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Converter
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:19
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind ×6
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Wind ×2
    26. NettleNettle
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. Wind
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Wind
    31. NettleNettle
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. EllysawFrigate
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind ×2
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. Wind ×2
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Wind
    44. SkaterSkater ×2
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Wind ×4
    50. EllysawFrigate
    51. Wind
    52. Construction ShipCon ship
    53. Wind
    54. CorsairDestroyer
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. Wind ×3
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Con turret
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×2
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Wind
    74. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. SkaterSkater
    81. Wind
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Wind ×3
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Construction ShipCon ship
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. Wind
    90. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    91. EllysawFrigate
    92. Metal storage
    93. Wind
    94. CorsairDestroyer
    95. Wind ×3
    96. EllysawFrigate
    97. Wind
    98. AnemoneAnemone
    99. EllysawFrigate ×3
    100. CorsairDestroyer ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

sirniho

37.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1756 metal received · 45280 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

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