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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×3
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:39 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Mex
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. SkaterSkater ×2
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex ×2
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. NettleNettle
    18. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:00 · typical 5:36
    19. Mex
    20. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:44 · typical 7:46
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 111 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. SentrySentry
    4. DolphinDolphin ×2
    5. SentrySentry
    6. EelSubmarinedone 6:21 · typical 4:21
    7. Con turret
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. SentrySentry
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Con turret
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. HarpoonHarpoon ×3
    15. AnemoneAnemone
    16. HarpoonHarpoon
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Converter
    22. Con turret
    23. AnemoneAnemone
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Converter
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:07 · typical 9:17
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Converter
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Converter
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Converter
    39. Wind
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Wind
    43. Converter
    44. Wind ×2
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Wind ×2
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. HarpoonHarpoon
    61. Converter
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. Wind ×3
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Wind
    67. Con turret
    68. Wind ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Wind
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×2
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. CorsairDestroyer
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    83. Wind
    84. DolphinDolphin ×2
    85. Wind
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Wind
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Wind
    92. BeamerBeamer
    93. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    94. BeamerBeamer
    95. Wind
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Wind
    98. DolphinDolphin ×2
    99. CorsairDestroyer
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    102. DolphinDolphin ×3
    103. CorsairDestroyer
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Bot LabBot Labdone 14:30
    106. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. LazarusLazarus
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind
    111. LazarusLazarus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

Thurley

35.5 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
46 metal received · 26267 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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