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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Con turret
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. CrossbowCrossbow
    19. Wind
    20. NettleNettle
    21. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:43 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. EllysawFrigate
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Converter ×2
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Mex
    12. Energy storage
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:24 · typical 5:36
    14. HarpoonHarpoon
  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 · 111 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyer
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:06 · typical 9:19
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:36 · typical 7:46
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Mex
    12. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    17. Converter
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Converter
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Converter ×2
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Converter
    25. Naval Construction Turret
    26. Converter
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Naval Construction Turret
    30. Tidal ×2
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. CorsairDestroyer
    33. Tidal
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Tidal ×2
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Tidal
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Tidal
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Tidal
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Tidal ×3
    44. CorsairDestroyer
    45. Tidal ×2
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Tidal
    48. Con turret
    49. Tidal
    50. Con turret
    51. Tidal
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Con turret
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. Naval Construction Turret
    57. Con turret
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Con turret
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Con turret
    64. Tidal
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Tidal
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Tidal
    70. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    71. Tidal ×2
    72. Con turret
    73. Tidal
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Wind
    76. Tidal
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind ×3
    80. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    81. Tidal
    82. CorsairDestroyer
    83. Wind
    84. Tidal
    85. Wind
    86. Converter ×2
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Tidal
    89. Wind ×3
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Tidal
    92. Wind ×3
    93. Converter
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Converter
    98. Wind ×3
    99. Tidal
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Wind ×3
    102. Converter
    103. Tidal
    104. Wind
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. Wind
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×2
    109. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    110. Tidal
    111. Wind ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 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

_X_

41.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
312 metal received · 108872 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

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