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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind
    8. TickTick
    9. Wind
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:56 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. PawnPawn
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:18 · typical 5:33
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Energy storage
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. NettleNettle
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Wind ×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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 129 steps
    1. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Converter
    4. CorsairDestroyer
    5. Wind
    6. HarpoonHarpoon
    7. Wind ×2
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:02 · typical 9:17
    13. Converter
    14. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Naval Construction Turret
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Naval Construction Turret
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Con turret
    26. Naval Construction Turret
    27. Tidal ×2
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Tidal
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Tidal
    32. CorsairDestroyer
    33. Tidal
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Tidal
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Tidal
    38. Con turret
    39. Tidal
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Naval Construction Turret
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. Wind ×2
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Tidal
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Tidal
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Tidal
    56. Wind
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Tidal
    63. Wind
    64. Converter
    65. Tidal
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind ×2
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Wind
    72. Converter
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. Wind
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. Wind
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Converter
    82. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:42
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. Wind ×2
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. Wind ×2
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×2
    90. HarpoonHarpoon
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Wind ×2
    93. EllysawFrigate
    94. Converter
    95. EllysawFrigate
    96. Wind ×2
    97. ShipyardShipyarddone 14:04
    98. EllysawFrigate
    99. Wind
    100. DolphinDolphin
    101. Wind
    102. Converter
    103. DolphinDolphin ×2
    104. Wind ×2
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. EllysawFrigate
    107. Wind
    108. EllysawFrigate
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind
    111. EllysawFrigate
    112. Converter
    113. Construction ShipCon ship
    114. EllysawFrigate
    115. Wind
    116. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    117. EllysawFrigate
    118. Wind
    119. T2 converter
    120. Wind
    121. Mex
    122. CorsairDestroyer
    123. Wind
    124. DolphinDolphin
    125. Wind
    126. CorsairDestroyer
    127. Naval Construction Turret
    128. Wind
    129. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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_

40.9 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
3519 metal received · 14682 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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