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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:25 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Mex
    12. PawnPawn
    13. TickTick
    14. Energy storage
    15. PawnPawn
    16. TickTick
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. Mex
    19. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:56 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:39 · typical 7:45
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    4. EelSubmarinedone 4:27 · typical 4:22
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    6. Mex
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    9. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:22 · typical 5:35
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Converter
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
  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 · 106 steps
    1. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    4. Converter
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    12. Converter
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. SentrySentry
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×8
    21. Wind
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater ×2
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. Wind
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:08 · typical 9:17
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    35. Wind
    36. EllysawFrigate
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. NettleNettle
    40. SentrySentry
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. NettleNettle
    43. Mex
    44. SentrySentry ×2
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. SentrySentry
    50. EllysawFrigate
    51. NettleNettle
    52. Con turret
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. EllysawFrigate
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. SentrySentry
    61. EllysawFrigate
    62. Con turret
    63. Construction ShipCon ship
    64. EllysawFrigate
    65. Con turret
    66. SentrySentry
    67. Wind
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Wind ×2
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. CorsairDestroyer
    73. Wind
    74. Construction ShipCon ship
    75. Wind
    76. Construction ShipCon ship
    77. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:49
    78. Wind
    79. Construction ShipCon ship
    80. Wind
    81. Construction ShipCon ship
    82. Wind
    83. Metal storage
    84. Con turret
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Mex
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    90. Wind ×4
    91. VoyagerVoyager
    92. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:57
    93. VoyagerVoyager
    94. Naval Construction Turret
    95. Wind
    96. VoyagerVoyager
    97. Wind
    98. VoyagerVoyager
    99. Wind ×2
    100. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    101. VoyagerVoyager
    102. Wind
    103. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:50
    104. Wind ×2
    105. MaelstromMaelstrom
    106. MantaManta ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is CommandoMan's (37 OS, 21/08/2026); 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 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

CommandoMan

36.6 OS · 21/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2 metal received · 33511 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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