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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 · 743 distinct matches · 102 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 793 · 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 743 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 ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Energy storage
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:32 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Con turret
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. Con turret
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×5
    16. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:38 · 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 · 23 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Converter
    11. NettleNettle
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Converter
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Converter
    16. NettleNettle
    17. EelSubmarinedone 4:52 · typical 4:21
    18. Converter ×2
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Converter
    21. EllysawFrigate
    22. Converter
    23. Mex
  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%) · frigate (40%) · geo (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 · 92 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:03 · typical 7:46
    4. Mex
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Mex
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Mex ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:42 · typical 5:36
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:41 · typical 9:17
    13. SentrySentry ×3
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Con turret
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. EllysawFrigate
    21. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Wind
    26. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    27. Con turret
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Wind
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Con turret
    36. SkaterSkater
    37. Wind
    38. Con turret
    39. Construction ShipCon ship
    40. Con turret
    41. Mex
    42. Wind
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. Mex
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:56
    48. Wind
    49. Mex
    50. HarpoonHarpoon
    51. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    52. Wind
    53. HarpoonHarpoon
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 11:52
    57. Wind ×3
    58. HarpoonHarpoon
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×2
    63. HarpoonHarpoon
    64. Wind ×2
    65. PaladinCruiserdone 12:22
    66. Wind ×5
    67. PaladinCruiser
    68. Wind ×4
    69. PaladinCruiser
    70. Wind ×5
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. DreadnoughtBattleship
    73. Wind ×5
    74. BeamerBeamer
    75. Wind ×3
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. Wind
    78. Mex
    79. Wind ×3
    80. BeamerBeamer
    81. Wind
    82. PaladinCruiser
    83. Wind ×2
    84. BeamerBeamer
    85. Wind
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:43
    89. BeamerBeamer
    90. MaelstromMaelstrom
    91. Wind
    92. MaelstromMaelstrom

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TekilaPaf's (35 OS, 15/08/2026); 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

793 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
6:005553544311
7:0071121005650
8:00877617711050
9:001068325511695
10:001296934812275
11:001568746893185
12:001869357913974
13:002186269034811
14:002559180595676
15:002903091306700
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

TekilaPaf

35.4 OS · 15/08/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
61 metal received · 83247 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=761
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=782
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=474
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:51–6:34 · n=732
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=484
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=691

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