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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    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 1:19 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:29 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (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. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. PawnPawn
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:10 · typical 4:22
    7. Mex
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. Mex ×2
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin ×3
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Energy storage
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 114 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin ×3
    5. Wind
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind ×2
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. EelSubmarine
    12. Wind
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Wind ×2
    17. DolphinDolphin ×3
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Wind ×2
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Tidal
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Wind
    26. Tidal
    27. Wind
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
    29. Tidal
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. EelSubmarine
    37. Tidal
    38. Mex
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Naval Metal Storage
    45. Tidal
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind ×2
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Wind
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Wind ×2
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. HarpoonHarpoon
    59. EelSubmarine
    60. Wind
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:00 · typical 9:17
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Wind
    64. HarpoonHarpoon
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. HarpoonHarpoon
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Wind ×2
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. HarpoonHarpoon
    71. Wind ×2
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. HarpoonHarpoon
    75. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    76. Wind
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. HarpoonHarpoon
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. EelSubmarine
    82. Wind
    83. DolphinDolphin ×2
    84. Wind
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. HarpoonHarpoon
    87. Wind
    88. EelSubmarine
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. HarpoonHarpoon
    91. Wind ×4
    92. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:15
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. Wind ×3
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. PawnPawn
    98. DolphinDolphin ×2
    99. Wind ×2
    100. DolphinDolphin ×2
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. Wind ×2
    103. CorsairDestroyer ×2done 13:38 · typical 5:33
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    106. Wind ×2
    107. PawnPawn ×2
    108. SkaterSkater
    109. PawnPawn ×7
    110. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    111. LazarusLazarus ×3
    112. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    113. BeamerBeamer
    114. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

krtf

44.9 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
1 metal received · 38719 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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