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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:14 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:27 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:02 · typical 4:21
    6. Mex
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Mex ×2
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. Mex ×2
    16. DolphinDolphin ×3
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 114 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. EelSubmarine
    5. Energy storage
    6. Wind
    7. EelSubmarinefor Air
    8. EelSubmarine
    9. Wind
    10. EelSubmarinefor Air
    11. Wind
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Wind ×2
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:54 · typical 9:17
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. Wind
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. Wind
    29. SkaterSkater
    30. Wind
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. CorsairDestroyerdone 8:40 · typical 5:36
    35. Wind ×3
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Wind
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. Wind
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Wind
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Wind
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Wind
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin ×3
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind
    61. Tidal
    62. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    63. Tidal
    64. Wind
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind
    67. Mex
    68. Construction ShipCon ship
    69. Tidal
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Tidal
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:09
    74. Tidal ×2
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Tidal ×2
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Wind
    79. Mex
    80. Wind
    81. Tidal
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Tidal
    84. Wind
    85. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    86. Tidal
    87. Naval Construction Turret
    88. Wind
    89. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:23
    93. Naval Construction Turret
    94. Tidal
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. Experimental GantryExperimental Gantrynot finished by 15:00
    97. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 13:48 · typical 7:46
    98. Naval Construction Turret
    99. Wind
    100. Tidal ×3
    101. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind
    104. Tidal ×15
    105. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    106. Tidal ×7
    107. Naval Construction Turret
    108. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    109. Tidal ×3
    110. Naval Construction Turret
    111. Tidal
    112. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    113. Tidal ×3
    114. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (47 OS, 19/09/2026); 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 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

SeduceUrAfus

47.5 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

54 received units · includes a constructor
147 metal received · 4216 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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