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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 ×3
    3. 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:42 · 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 (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. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Mex
    19. EelSubmarinedone 4:34 · typical 4:21
    20. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:26 · typical 7:46
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Mex
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. SentrySentry
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. 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 · 169 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. SentrySentry
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. SentrySentry
    13. EelSubmarine
    14. Construction ShipCon ship ×4
    15. Tidal
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:35 · typical 9:17
    17. Tidal
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Tidal
    20. Construction ShipCon ship
    21. Tidal ×4
    22. Mex
    23. Tidal ×6
    24. Con turret
    25. Mex
    26. Tidal ×4
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Tidal ×2
    30. Naval Energy Converter
    31. Con turret
    32. Mex
    33. Tidal
    34. Con turret
    35. Tidal
    36. Naval Energy Converter
    37. Tidal ×2
    38. Con turret
    39. Naval Energy Converter
    40. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    41. Tidal ×2
    42. Naval Energy Converter
    43. Con turret
    44. Tidal ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Naval Energy Converter
    47. Tidal ×2
    48. Con turret
    49. Naval Energy Converter
    50. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:01
    51. Wind
    52. Tidal
    53. Con turret
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Naval Energy Converter
    56. Tidal
    57. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Tidal
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. Wind
    63. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    67. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    68. Wind
    69. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    70. Wind
    71. Energy storage
    72. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Naval Energy Converter
    75. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Wind
    78. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Energy Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    83. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 11:55
    84. Wind ×2
    85. Naval Energy Converter
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Naval Energy Converter
    89. Con turret
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    92. Naval Energy Converter
    93. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 13:49
    94. Wind
    95. Con turret
    96. Wind
    97. Naval Energy Converter
    98. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    99. Con turret
    100. Wind
    101. Con turret
    102. Wind
    103. Naval Energy Converter
    104. Wind
    105. Naval Energy Converter
    106. Wind ×2
    107. Naval Energy Converter
    108. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    109. Wind
    110. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Energy Converter
    113. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    114. Wind ×2
    115. Naval Energy Converter
    116. VoyagerVoyager
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    119. VoyagerVoyager
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. Naval Energy Converter
    122. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    123. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    124. Naval Energy Converter
    125. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    126. Wind
    127. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    128. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    129. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    130. HavenHaven
    131. Wind ×2
    132. Wind
    133. Wind
    134. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:03
    135. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    136. Wind
    137. Con turret
    138. Wind
    139. Con turret
    140. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:25
    141. Con turret
    142. Wind
    143. Con turret
    144. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    145. Wind
    146. Con turret
    147. Wind
    148. Con turret
    149. DreadnoughtBattleship
    150. Con turret
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Con turret
    153. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:43
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    157. Con turret
    158. BlitzBlitz
    159. Con turret
    160. Wind
    161. BlitzBlitz
    162. Con turret
    163. BlitzBlitz
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    167. BlitzBlitz ×6
    168. Wind
    169. BlitzBlitz

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (35 OS, 10/08/2026); 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

Thurley

35.4 OS · 10/08/2026

Open source match ↗

80 received units · includes a constructor
1108 metal received · 151529 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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