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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus ×2
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:36 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Mex
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. DolphinDolphin ×2
    5. Mex
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Mex
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:51 · typical 5:35
    16. Wind ×5
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. SentrySentry
  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 · 54 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Mex
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:27 · typical 7:45
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:17
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. NettleNettle
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. SentrySentry
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. EllysawFrigate
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. SentrySentry
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Construction ShipCon ship
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. SentrySentry
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Naval Construction Turret ×3
    42. EllysawFrigate
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:50
    45. EllysawFrigate ×2
    46. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:17
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. MaelstromMaelstrom
    49. EllysawFrigate
    50. MaelstromMaelstrom
    51. Tidal
    52. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00
    53. Tidal
    54. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is darkstar23's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); 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

darkstar23

36.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
75 metal received · 50992 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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