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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6for Suicide front
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. CrossbowCrossbow
    6. SentrySentry
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. SentrySentry ×2
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:33 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Mex
    3. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:12 · typical 7:46
    4. Tidal
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Tidal
  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 · 82 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Mex
    3. Tidal
    4. EelSubmarinedone 5:43 · typical 4:21
    5. Naval Construction Turret
    6. Tidal
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    8. Mex
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 9:17
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Tidal ×2
    13. Mex
    14. Tidal
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Tidal ×2
    17. Mex
    18. Tidal
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Converter
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Tidal
    27. NettleNettle
    28. Tidal
    29. Converter
    30. Tidal ×3
    31. NettleNettle
    32. Tidal
    33. Converter
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Tidal ×2
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Tidal
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    40. Tidal
    41. Converter
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Tidal
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Tidal
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Tidal
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. Converter
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. Tidal
    54. Converter
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Tidal
    58. Naval Energy Storage
    59. Tidal
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Converter
    62. Tidal ×3
    63. Naval Metal Storage
    64. Converter
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Naval Construction Turret ×3
    68. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:26
    69. Naval Energy Storage ×2
    70. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 13:30
    71. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 12:56
    72. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    73. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    74. HavenHaven
    75. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    76. T2 converter
    77. VoyagerVoyager ×4
    78. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:47
    79. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    80. CitadelAnti-nukenot finished by 15:00
    81. JunoJuno
    82. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PotatoRossco's (40 OS, 02/08/2026); 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

PotatoRossco

40.3 OS · 02/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
427 metal received · 20408 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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