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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 ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Mex
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Con turret
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:41 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. Wind
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Wind
    16. Converter
    17. Mex
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Converter
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. EllysawFrigate
  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 · 119 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Wind
    4. Converter
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:07 · typical 5:35
    6. Wind ×2
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind ×2
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Mex
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:35 · typical 7:45
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Construction ShipCon ship
    18. Mex
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. EelSubmarinedone 8:06 · typical 4:22
    27. Wind
    28. EelSubmarine
    29. Wind ×2
    30. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Converter
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Wind
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. EllysawFrigate ×2
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. EllysawFrigate
    41. HarpoonHarpoon
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Converter
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. EllysawFrigate
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:01 · typical 9:17
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. EllysawFrigate
    55. Converter
    56. Wind
    57. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    58. EllysawFrigate
    59. Wind
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind ×2
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. Metal storage
    66. Construction ShipCon ship
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Wind
    73. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    74. Wind
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Mex
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Wind
    80. SkaterSkater ×2
    81. Wind
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Wind
    84. Mex
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. Wind
    87. SkaterSkater
    88. Naval Construction Turret
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Wind
    92. SkaterSkater
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Mex
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Tidal
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Tidal
    99. SkaterSkater
    100. Tidal
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:00
    103. Tidal ×3
    104. TickTick
    105. Naval Energy Storage ×2
    106. TickTick
    107. Naval Energy Storage
    108. TickTick
    109. CrossbowCrossbow
    110. Naval Energy Storage
    111. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    112. CrossbowCrossbow
    113. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:47
    114. CorsairDestroyer
    115. CrossbowCrossbow
    116. TickTick ×2
    117. CorsairDestroyer
    118. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    119. TickTick ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (38 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Rexalidus

38.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
165 metal received · 49197 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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