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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. Mex
    5. PawnPawn
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:00 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 25 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Wind
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. SentrySentry
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. Mex
    22. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:43 · typical 5:35
    23. Converter
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
  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%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

    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 · 145 steps
    1. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. Converter
    3. Mex
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Mex
    6. Converter
    7. EllysawFrigate ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Converter
    10. Metal storage
    11. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    12. Mex
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Mex
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:08 · typical 9:17
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. Tidal
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Tidal ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Tidal
    23. Wind
    24. Tidal
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Wind
    29. Tidal
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind ×2
    33. Tidal
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Mex
    40. Wind
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Wind
    47. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    48. Wind
    49. EllysawFrigate
    50. Wind
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. HarpoonHarpoon
    54. Wind ×2
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Wind
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Wind
    63. HarpoonHarpoon
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin ×2
    66. Wind
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. HarpoonHarpoon
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. DolphinDolphin
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind
    86. Mex
    87. Naval Construction Turret
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Tidal ×2
    92. Wind
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Wind
    97. Tidal
    98. Naval Construction Turret
    99. Tidal
    100. Naval Construction Turret
    101. Wind
    102. Naval Construction Turret
    103. Wind
    104. Naval Construction Turret
    105. Tidal
    106. Wind
    107. Tidal
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Tidal
    110. Mex
    111. Tidal ×2
    112. Wind ×2
    113. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:58
    114. Wind
    115. Tidal
    116. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    117. Tidal
    118. Wind ×2
    119. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    120. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:59
    121. Tidal
    122. VoyagerVoyager
    123. Tidal
    124. VoyagerVoyager
    125. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    126. VoyagerVoyager
    127. Tidal
    128. Mex
    129. Wind
    130. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    131. Tidal
    132. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    133. Wind
    134. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    135. Tidal ×2
    136. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    137. Tidal ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Tidal ×5
    140. Wind
    141. Tidal
    142. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    143. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    144. Wind
    145. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is MRX1's (38 OS, 22/08/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

MRX1

37.6 OS · 22/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
23 metal received · 21959 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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