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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 04/10/2026); 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

Crazydogg

38.1 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
751 metal received · 99996 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

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