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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 · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 (44%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. 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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

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

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Converter
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret
    11. SentrySentry
    12. PawnPawn
    13. Wind
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. AnemoneAnemone
    19. Wind
    20. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:45 · 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 (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (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. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    3. DolphinDolphin ×2
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:55 · typical 5:35
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. CorsairDestroyer
  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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (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 · 177 steps
    1. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. Wind
    3. NettleNettle
    4. Energy storage
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Converter
    7. HarpoonHarpoon
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Wind
    12. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×4
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    17. Wind
    18. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    21. Wind
    22. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    23. Converter
    24. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:56 · typical 9:17
    27. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×7
    28. Wind
    29. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    30. Wind
    31. Converter
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Converter
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Converter ×2
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. Converter
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    47. Converter
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    53. Wind
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    55. Tidal
    56. Wind
    57. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    58. Tidal
    59. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    60. Wind
    61. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    62. Tidal
    63. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    68. Wind
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    70. Tidal
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Tidal
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    75. Wind
    76. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    77. Wind
    78. Tidal
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    80. Tidal
    81. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    82. Converter
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    88. Wind
    89. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    90. Tidal
    91. Wind
    92. Tidal
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. Wind
    95. Tidal
    96. Converter
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Tidal
    99. Wind
    100. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    101. Tidal
    102. Converter
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Tidal ×2
    106. Wind
    107. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    108. Tidal ×2
    109. Wind
    110. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    111. Wind
    112. Tidal
    113. Wind
    114. Construction ShipCon ship
    115. Tidal
    116. Wind
    117. CorsairDestroyer
    118. Tidal
    119. Converter
    120. Wind ×2
    121. Tidal
    122. CorsairDestroyer
    123. Tidal
    124. Wind
    125. Tidal
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Tidal
    128. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    129. Converter
    130. Tidal
    131. CorsairDestroyer
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Tidal
    134. HarpoonHarpoon
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    138. Tidal
    139. CorsairDestroyer
    140. Wind
    141. Tidal
    142. Con turret
    143. Converter
    144. HarpoonHarpoon
    145. Wind
    146. Tidal
    147. Wind
    148. CorsairDestroyer
    149. HarpoonHarpoon
    150. Wind ×2
    151. Con turret
    152. Tidal
    153. Con turret
    154. Converter
    155. Con turret ×2
    156. CorsairDestroyer
    157. Tidal
    158. HarpoonHarpoon
    159. Wind
    160. Tidal
    161. Wind
    162. Tidal
    163. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:57
    164. Wind ×2
    165. Con turret
    166. Converter
    167. Tidal
    168. Wind
    169. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    170. Wind
    171. Tidal
    172. Converter
    173. Wind
    174. Con turret ×2
    175. Wind
    176. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    177. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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_

40.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
752 metal received · 149736 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=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

Played most by

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