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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 ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. Solar
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Energy storage
    8. Mex
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:36 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:01 · typical 5:36
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:37 · typical 7:46
    5. Mex
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Converter
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Converter ×2
    10. Mex
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. CorsairDestroyer
  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 · 96 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. Mex ×2
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. SentrySentry
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. EllysawFrigate
    7. SentrySentry
    8. NettleNettle
    9. Converter
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Converter
    12. Con turret
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Converter
    15. Con turret
    16. EllysawFrigate
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. EllysawFrigate ×2
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. EllysawFrigate ×2
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. EllysawFrigate
    25. Mex
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:06 · typical 9:17
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Con turret
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. Wind
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Wind ×2
    35. HarpoonHarpoon
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind ×2
    38. EllysawFrigate
    39. Wind
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. Wind ×2
    44. EllysawFrigate
    45. AnemoneAnemone
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Wind ×2
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. Wind
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind ×2
    56. EllysawFrigate
    57. Wind
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind
    60. EllysawFrigate
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Wind
    63. DolphinDolphin ×2
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. Wind
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Wind
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Wind
    71. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:20
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. SentrySentry ×3
    76. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    77. Wind ×2
    78. SentrySentry
    79. BeamerBeamer
    80. HavenHaven
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Wind
    84. Naval Construction Turret
    85. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:46
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. Construction ShipCon ship
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Converter
    92. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00
    93. Converter
    94. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HotDawg's (43 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

HotDawg

43.5 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
545 metal received · 61233 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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