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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 1:05 · 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
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:10 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Converter
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Mex
    7. Converter
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. EelSubmarinedone 3:45 · typical 4:22
    11. Energy storage
    12. Wind
    13. Mex ×3
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Converter ×2
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Converter
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Converter
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. NettleNettle
    27. Converter
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. HarpoonHarpoon
    31. DolphinDolphin ×2
    32. Mex
  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 · 118 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:13 · typical 5:35
    7. NettleNettle
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Wind
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Naval Metal Storage
    31. Wind
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Con turret
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 9:16
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×4
    41. SentrySentry
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind ×6
    45. Mex
    46. Construction ShipCon ship
    47. Wind
    48. Con turret
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. Mex
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Tidal
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Tidal
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind
    61. Mex
    62. Tidal
    63. Wind
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Tidal
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Tidal
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Wind
    75. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:52
    76. Wind
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. Tidal
    83. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    84. Wind
    85. Tidal
    86. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    87. Tidal
    88. Wind
    89. Tidal ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    92. Tidal
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Tidal
    96. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:00
    97. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    98. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    99. Con turret ×2
    100. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    101. HavenHaven
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. HavenHaven
    104. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    105. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    106. Advanced Sonar StationAdvanced Sonar Station
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. Cortex CommanderCortex Commander
    109. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    110. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 13:59
    111. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    112. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    113. Wind
    114. JunoJuno
    115. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    116. Wind ×2
    117. Tidal
    118. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

37.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
59 metal received · 88579 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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