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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 · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:17 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:33 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:33 · typical 4:22
    6. Wind
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Mex
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Energy storage
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin ×2
    17. Mex
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    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 (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 · 160 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Mex
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Wind
    7. SentrySentry
    8. EelSubmarine
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin ×3
    18. Wind
    19. SentrySentry
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Naval Construction Turret
    22. Naval Metal Storage
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    27. Wind
    28. EelSubmarine
    29. Wind
    30. Tidal
    31. Wind
    32. Construction ShipCon ship
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:22 · typical 9:19
    34. Tidal
    35. Wind
    36. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    37. Mex
    38. Tidal
    39. Wind
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Tidal
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Tidal
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Wind
    48. Tidal
    49. Wind
    50. DolphinDolphin ×2
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Tidal
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Tidal
    56. EelSubmarine
    57. Tidal
    58. Construction ShipCon ship
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Tidal
    62. DolphinDolphin ×2
    63. Wind ×2
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. Tidal
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind ×2
    71. Tidal
    72. EelSubmarine
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind ×2
    77. DolphinDolphin ×3
    78. Tidal
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Wind
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Wind
    83. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. Construction ShipCon ship
    86. Tidal
    87. Naval Construction Turret
    88. CorsairDestroyerdone 11:34 · typical 5:36
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Tidal
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. Wind ×2
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. Tidal
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. DolphinDolphin ×3
    99. Wind
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Wind
    102. Construction ShipCon ship
    103. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    104. Tidal
    105. CorsairDestroyer
    106. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Tidal
    109. DolphinDolphin ×4
    110. Wind
    111. Tidal
    112. DolphinDolphin
    113. Wind
    114. SkaterSkater
    115. Naval Construction Turret
    116. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:07
    117. Tidal
    118. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:27
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Construction ShipCon ship
    121. Tidal
    122. Construction BotCon bot
    123. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    124. Construction BotCon bot
    125. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    126. Wind
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. Wind
    129. Mex
    130. Tidal
    131. VoyagerVoyager
    132. Construction BotCon bot
    133. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    134. VoyagerVoyager
    135. Construction BotCon bot
    136. Wind
    137. VoyagerVoyager
    138. Wind
    139. Construction BotCon bot
    140. Tidal
    141. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:20
    142. VoyagerVoyager
    143. Mex
    144. VoyagerVoyager
    145. Wind
    146. Construction BotCon bot
    147. Tidal
    148. Wind
    149. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    150. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    151. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    152. Wind
    153. Tidal
    154. Wind
    155. Con turret
    156. Tidal
    157. Naval Construction Turret
    158. Con turret
    159. Wind ×2
    160. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (47 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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

krtf

46.8 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
444 metal received · 6437 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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