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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 ×2
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Solar
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Tidal
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:17 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Mex
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
  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 · 95 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. SentrySentry
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Mex
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:10 · typical 5:36
    7. Mex
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. HarpoonHarpoon
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Wind
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:11 · typical 9:17
    29. Wind
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. SentrySentry
    33. Wind ×2
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. Wind
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Wind
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Wind
    47. HarpoonHarpoon
    48. Wind
    49. EelSubmarinedone 9:41 · typical 4:21
    50. Wind ×2
    51. EelSubmarine
    52. Wind ×2
    53. EelSubmarine
    54. Wind
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Wind
    57. EelSubmarine
    58. Wind
    59. EelSubmarine
    60. Wind
    61. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Wind
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Construction ShipCon ship
    69. Wind
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Wind
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    81. Wind
    82. EllysawFrigate
    83. Wind
    84. EllysawFrigate ×5
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. EllysawFrigate ×4
    87. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. Construction ShipCon ship
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. EllysawFrigate
    92. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. EllysawFrigate ×2
    95. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (36 OS, 15/09/2026); 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 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

JesterB

35.7 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
15 metal received · 10418 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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