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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 · 758 distinct matches · 103 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 808 · 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 758 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 (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Solar
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:36 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:10, middle half 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Mex ×3
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Mex
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Wind
    13. TickTick
    14. Wind
    15. TickTick
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:53 · typical 3:10
  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%) · 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 · 24 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. EelSubmarinedone 3:34 · typical 4:21
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. EelSubmarine
    13. Wind ×2
    14. EelSubmarine
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Con turret
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SentrySentry
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
  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
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (39%) · 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 · 86 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Wind ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Con turret
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin ×2
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Wind
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Wind ×4
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
    29. Wind
    30. Con turret
    31. Wind ×3
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Wind ×2
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Wind
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Wind
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind ×6
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:49 · typical 9:17
    43. Wind
    44. ShipyardShipyarddone 9:23
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Mex
    47. Wind
    48. Construction ShipCon ship
    49. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:45
    50. Construction ShipCon ship
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Wind
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Mex
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Mex
    61. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    62. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    63. Mex
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 13:03
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. HarpoonHarpoon
    68. Mex
    69. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    70. HarpoonHarpoon
    71. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    72. HorizonHorizon
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. JunoJuno
    75. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:30
    76. HorizonHorizon
    77. Tidal ×2
    78. TsunamiTsunami
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    82. Tidal
    83. Wind
    84. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    85. Naval Construction Turret
    86. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is AbyssFalcon's (36 OS, 13/08/2026); 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 2:04 · in 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

808 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002915051
5:00414517874
6:005554541307
7:0071111005646
8:00877317501052
9:001065425411692
10:001294534302273
11:001558446593178
12:001859557333936
13:002185669014793
14:002551379915646
15:002898891086662
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

AbyssFalcon

36.1 OS · 13/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
288 metal received · 25541 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=775
Shipyard3:10Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=797
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=478
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=746
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=494
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=702

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