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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 806 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 53% of 862 · 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 806 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 1:06–1:17

    Some games also: wind for allies (43%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Mex
    8. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. TickTick
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Con turret
    15. SentrySentry
    16. NettleNettle
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Wind
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. AnemoneAnemone
    22. Wind ×2
    23. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:35 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Converter
    7. DolphinDolphin
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 163 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:54 · typical 5:36
    4. Converter
    5. Mex
    6. Energy storage
    7. HarpoonHarpoon
    8. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex ×2
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:16 · typical 7:46
    22. Wind
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Converter
    25. Wind
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Wind ×2
    28. HarpoonHarpoon
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:19
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Converter
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. Converter ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Converter
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. Wind
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Converter
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. Converter
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Naval Construction Turret
    53. Wind
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Naval Construction Turret
    58. Wind
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Tidal
    61. Wind
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Tidal
    64. Converter
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Tidal
    67. DolphinDolphin
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    71. Tidal
    72. Wind
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. Wind
    75. Tidal
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    80. Tidal
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. Tidal
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Tidal
    90. Wind
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Converter
    93. Tidal
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. CorsairDestroyer
    97. Tidal
    98. Wind ×2
    99. Tidal
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Tidal
    102. Wind
    103. BeamerBeamer
    104. DolphinDolphin
    105. Tidal
    106. SkaterSkater
    107. Converter
    108. Tidal ×2
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. BeamerBeamer
    111. SkaterSkater
    112. Wind
    113. Tidal
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. Tidal
    116. Wind
    117. SkaterSkater
    118. Tidal
    119. DolphinDolphin
    120. Wind
    121. Tidal
    122. BeamerBeamer
    123. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    124. Tidal
    125. Wind
    126. DolphinDolphin
    127. Converter
    128. Tidal
    129. SkaterSkater
    130. BeamerBeamer
    131. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    132. Tidal
    133. Wind
    134. DolphinDolphin
    135. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    136. Wind
    137. Tidal
    138. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    139. Wind
    140. SkaterSkater
    141. CauteriserCauteriser
    142. Wind
    143. DolphinDolphin
    144. Converter
    145. DolphinDolphin
    146. BeamerBeamer
    147. Naval Construction Turret
    148. DolphinDolphin
    149. Wind
    150. DolphinDolphin
    151. Naval Construction Turret
    152. DolphinDolphin
    153. Wind
    154. DolphinDolphin ×2
    155. Wind
    156. DolphinDolphin
    157. Naval Construction Turret
    158. SkaterSkater ×2
    159. Wind
    160. Con turret
    161. SkaterSkater
    162. Naval Construction Turret
    163. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

862 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160800
4:002901050
5:00414218160
6:005551545300
7:0071071002619
8:00873617111011
9:001061624601663
10:001290033292247
11:001547645703166
12:001849157033959
13:002176368534832
14:002540678855681
15:002896989946662
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

_X_

42.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
335 metal received · 27853 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=828
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=851
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:33 · n=507
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=799
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:15 · n=523
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=751

Played most by

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