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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 ×5
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:29 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. PawnPawn
    19. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:08 · 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 (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Converter
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. Converter ×2
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Converter
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Mex
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Converter
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:46
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. Mex
    31. 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 (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 · 121 steps
    1. Wind
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind ×2
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind ×2
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind
    8. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    9. EelSubmarinedone 5:59 · typical 4:21
    10. Bot LabBot Labdone 5:58
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:37 · typical 5:35
    12. HarpoonHarpoon
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Converter
    16. NettleNettle
    17. Converter
    18. NettleNettle
    19. Converter
    20. Mex
    21. EllysawFrigate
    22. SentrySentry ×2
    23. Converter ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Converter
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. Converter
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:38 · typical 9:17
    30. Converter
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    33. Con turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Con turret
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    44. Wind
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Wind
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Wind ×3
    51. EllysawFrigate
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. Wind
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Wind
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Wind
    59. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    60. EllysawFrigate
    61. Wind ×2
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. Wind
    67. EllysawFrigate
    68. Wind ×2
    69. EllysawFrigate
    70. Wind
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. Wind
    73. SentrySentry
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Wind
    76. SentrySentry
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Construction ShipCon ship
    79. Wind
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Wind
    82. Construction ShipCon ship
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 13:45
    85. Wind ×3
    86. CorsairDestroyer
    87. Wind ×2
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Wind
    90. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    91. Wind ×2
    92. EllysawFrigate ×2
    93. Wind
    94. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    95. EllysawFrigate
    96. Wind
    97. EllysawFrigate
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    100. EllysawFrigate
    101. ShipyardShipyarddone 13:57
    102. Wind ×6
    103. EelSubmarine
    104. Wind
    105. EllysawFrigate
    106. EelSubmarine
    107. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    108. EllysawFrigate
    109. Naval Construction Turret
    110. EelSubmarine
    111. Naval Construction Turret
    112. EllysawFrigate
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. EelSubmarine
    115. CorsairDestroyer
    116. Naval Construction Turret
    117. EelSubmarine
    118. CorsairDestroyer
    119. Naval Construction Turret
    120. EelSubmarine
    121. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TekilaPaf's (36 OS, 14/08/2026); 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

TekilaPaf

36.2 OS · 14/08/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
351 metal received · 170245 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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