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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. 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 · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:50 · 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 · 28 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex
    16. Converter
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Mex
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Mex
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Wind
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. SentrySentry
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
  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 · 115 steps
    1. EelSubmarinedone 5:24 · typical 4:22
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Converter
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Wind
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:33 · typical 5:36
    11. Wind
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:11 · typical 7:46
    15. Wind ×2
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Wind
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind ×2
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:36 · typical 9:19
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Converter
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Converter ×3
    33. Wind ×2
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Converter ×2
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Wind
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Wind
    47. CorsairDestroyer
    48. Wind
    49. CorsairDestroyer
    50. Wind ×2
    51. CorsairDestroyer
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Wind
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. Wind
    66. Metal storage
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Construction ShipCon ship
    69. Wind
    70. Construction ShipCon ship
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    73. Wind
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. Wind
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Naval Construction Turret
    82. Naval Metal Storage
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. Mex
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Wind
    88. Tidal
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Tidal ×2
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. Tidal
    98. SkaterSkater
    99. Tidal
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Tidal ×2
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Wind
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Tidal
    106. SkaterSkater
    107. Tidal
    108. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    109. Tidal ×4
    110. Naval Energy Storage
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Energy Storage
    113. Mex
    114. Naval Energy Storage ×2
    115. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyardnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (36 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

Rexalidus

36.4 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
372 metal received · 35299 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

_X_78games of this buildOptimusprimenutt52games of this buildKingBenjai50games of this buildWashedGamuer49games of this buildRexalidus38games of this build