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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. 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 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Wind
    9. LazarusLazarus
    10. Energy storage
    11. PawnPawn ×2
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:01 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 12 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin ×4
    3. Mex
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:59 · typical 5:35
    9. SentrySentry
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. NettleNettle
  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 (40%) · geo (40%) · 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 · 123 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:29 · typical 7:45
    7. EelSubmarinedone 6:14 · typical 4:22
    8. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    9. EelSubmarine
    10. Converter
    11. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:57 · typical 9:17
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Converter
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Converter
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. NettleNettle
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. NettleNettle
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction ShipCon ship
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:06
    23. SentrySentryfor Front
    24. BlitzBlitz ×2for Pond
    25. PawnPawnfor Pond
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    29. PawnPawnfor Pond
    30. BlitzBlitzfor Pond
    31. PawnPawnfor Pond
    32. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    33. PawnPawnfor Pond
    34. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    35. PawnPawn
    36. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    37. Con turretfor Front
    38. Advanced Vehicle PlantAdvanced Vehicle Plantfor Frontdone 9:49
    39. LazarusLazarus
    40. BlitzBlitzfor Front
    41. Con turretfor Front
    42. LazarusLazarus
    43. Con turret
    44. LazarusLazarus
    45. Naval Construction Turret
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 9:48
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. DolphinDolphin ×3
    50. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 10:22
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. TsunamiTsunami
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. TsunamiTsunami
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. FalconFighter
    58. NettleNettle
    59. CrossbowCrossbow
    60. TsunamiTsunami
    61. FalconFighter
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. CycloneCyclone
    64. NettleNettle
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. CrossbowCrossbow
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. FalconFighter
    69. CorsairDestroyer
    70. CycloneCyclone
    71. CrossbowCrossbow
    72. FalconFighter
    73. NettleNettle
    74. CrossbowCrossbow
    75. CorsairDestroyer
    76. Mex
    77. CrossbowCrossbow
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. FalconFighter
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    82. FalconFighter
    83. CrossbowCrossbow
    84. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:19
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. CrossbowCrossbow
    87. MantaManta
    88. FalconFighter
    89. Mex
    90. FalconFighter
    91. CrossbowCrossbow
    92. FalconFighter
    93. CrossbowCrossbow
    94. HarpoonHarpoon
    95. FalconFighter
    96. StorkLight transport
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Mex
    99. CrossbowCrossbow
    100. Con turret
    101. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    102. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    103. CrossbowCrossbow
    104. FalconFighter
    105. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    106. CrossbowCrossbow
    107. VoyagerVoyager
    108. CrossbowCrossbow
    109. Con turret
    110. VoyagerVoyager
    111. CrossbowCrossbow
    112. FalconFighter
    113. PawnPawn
    114. MaelstromMaelstromdone 13:08
    115. PawnPawn
    116. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    117. MaelstromMaelstrom
    118. Con turret
    119. PawnPawn
    120. MaelstromMaelstrom
    121. PawnPawn
    122. MantaManta
    123. FalconFighter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PRO_Rerory's (50 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

PRO_Rerory

50.0 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

56 received units · includes a constructor
676 metal received · 190047 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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