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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. 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 · 14 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind ×2
    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. Mex
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:51 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Converter
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Converter
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Wind
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
  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 · 151 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Wind
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Converter
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Converter
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. SentrySentry
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind ×3
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Wind ×3
    23. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:02 · typical 7:45
    24. Wind
    25. AnemoneAnemone
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Wind
    28. EelSubmarinedone 7:03 · typical 4:22
    29. Wind
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Wind ×2
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Wind ×2
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Construction ShipCon ship
    36. Wind ×3
    37. Construction ShipCon ship
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Naval Construction Turret
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. EelSubmarine
    52. Wind
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Converter
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Wind
    59. CorsairDestroyerdone 8:58 · typical 5:35
    60. Wind
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. Wind
    63. CorsairDestroyer
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Converter
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. Wind
    68. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:05 · typical 9:17
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Energy Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Naval Energy Converter
    74. Converter
    75. Naval Energy Converter
    76. Wind
    77. Naval Energy Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Naval Energy Converter
    80. CorsairDestroyer
    81. Naval Energy Converter
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Wind ×2
    84. Converter
    85. Wind
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Wind
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Wind
    90. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    91. Converter
    92. Wind
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. CorsairDestroyer
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Converter
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. SkaterSkater
    100. Wind
    101. CorsairDestroyer
    102. Wind
    103. CorsairDestroyer
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. SkaterSkater
    107. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    108. CorsairDestroyer
    109. Wind
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    112. Wind
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. SkaterSkater
    115. Naval Construction Turret
    116. CorsairDestroyer
    117. Naval Construction Turret
    118. Tidal
    119. Wind
    120. Tidal
    121. CorsairDestroyer
    122. Tidal
    123. Construction ShipCon ship
    124. Tidal
    125. Construction ShipCon ship
    126. Wind
    127. Tidal
    128. Construction ShipCon ship
    129. Tidal
    130. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    131. Tidal ×2
    132. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    133. Tidal
    134. Wind
    135. Tidal
    136. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    137. Tidal
    138. SkaterSkater
    139. Tidal
    140. SkaterSkater
    141. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    142. SkaterSkater ×2
    143. Wind
    144. SkaterSkater ×3
    145. Naval Energy Storage
    146. SkaterSkater ×3
    147. Wind
    148. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:41
    149. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    150. Wind
    151. VoyagerVoyager ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (38 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

37.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
24 metal received · 38641 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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