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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 (88%)

#naval #eco · 822 distinct matches · 106 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 879 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:11

  1. Take mex and wind, start bot lab first for early defence.
  2. Finish bot lab, then build shipyard in the cove.
  3. Push first submarine out to contest the sea.
  4. Add destroyer as the main contesting force.
  5. Transition into geothermal plant and advanced metal extractor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 822 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 ×2
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:57 · typical 1:12
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:12, middle half 2:51–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (45%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. Wind
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Con turret
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:14 · typical 3:12
  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 (34%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 35 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Wind
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    13. Converter
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Mex
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    23. Converter
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Converter
    28. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    29. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:15 · typical 5:36
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. Mex
    33. HarpoonHarpoon
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
  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 (41%) · geo (40%) · frigate (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 · 84 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. EelSubmarinedone 5:52 · typical 4:21
    4. CorsairDestroyer
    5. EelSubmarine
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:17 · typical 7:46
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Converter
    10. HarpoonHarpoon
    11. EelSubmarine
    12. Converter ×2
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Converter
    15. NettleNettle
    16. HarpoonHarpoon
    17. Converter
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. Converter
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:12 · typical 9:19
    21. Converter
    22. EelSubmarine
    23. Mex
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Con turret
    26. Mex
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. SkaterSkater ×3
    32. SentrySentry
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. Con turret
    37. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    38. Con turret
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. SentrySentry
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 11:09
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Con turret
    55. Construction ShipCon ship
    56. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    59. Construction ShipCon ship
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    63. Wind ×3
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. Wind
    71. StoutStout
    72. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    73. Tidal
    74. Wind
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Tidal
    78. StoutStout
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Construction ShipCon ship
    81. Wind
    82. Tidal
    83. StoutStout
    84. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Ev1lPotat0's (40 OS, 05/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · 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

879 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160900
4:002893040
5:00414117554
6:005550541300
7:0071051001615
8:00873917051011
9:001061524581655
10:001290433332246
11:001549945823171
12:001850357053963
13:002179068434827
14:002544778555665
15:002895489766607
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play, backed by a bot lab before the shipyard, with a 53% team win rate matching the other sea role closely.

  • + Geothermal finishes by 7:46 in 58% of games, funding the economy transition.
  • − Enemy metal destroyed only 8994 by 15:00 versus own losses of 6662, a close sea fight.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Ev1lPotat0

39.7 OS · 05/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1117 metal received · 43111 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=845
Shipyard3:12Middle 50%: 2:51–3:37 · n=868
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:29 · n=519
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:53–6:34 · n=813
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=535
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=766

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