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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1366 distinct matches · 174 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1522 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1366 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:22 · 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 2:48–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (41%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (38%)

    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. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:41 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Mex
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Tidal
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:10 · typical 5:39
    11. Wind
    12. Mex ×2
    13. Energy storage
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Mex
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Mex
    23. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. SentrySentry
    27. HarpoonHarpoon
    28. Wind
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Naval Construction Turret
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 204 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. Wind ×2
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    10. HarpoonHarpoon
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    12. Wind
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Converter
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    40. Con turret
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:30 · typical 7:52
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. Con turret
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Wind
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Converter
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Wind
    57. Converter
    58. DolphinDolphin
    59. Converter
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. Converter ×4
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. SentrySentry
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Wind ×2
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:23 · typical 9:20
    73. Wind
    74. DolphinDolphin
    75. Wind
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Wind
    78. Converter
    79. DolphinDolphin ×2
    80. Wind
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. Wind ×2
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Wind
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. DolphinDolphin ×2
    92. Wind
    93. SkaterSkater
    94. Wind
    95. DolphinDolphin
    96. Converter
    97. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    98. Wind
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. Wind
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Converter
    103. DolphinDolphin ×2
    104. Wind
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. Wind ×2
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Converter
    111. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    112. DolphinDolphin ×2
    113. Wind
    114. Con turret
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. SkaterSkater
    117. DolphinDolphin ×2
    118. Wind
    119. DolphinDolphin
    120. Wind
    121. DolphinDolphin
    122. Wind
    123. Naval Construction Turret
    124. Wind
    125. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    126. Wind
    127. Converter ×2
    128. Wind ×2
    129. Naval Construction Turret
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Wind ×2
    132. SkaterSkater
    133. Converter
    134. Naval Construction Turret
    135. Wind
    136. Tidal
    137. Wind
    138. Naval Construction Turret
    139. Metal storage
    140. SkaterSkater
    141. Tidal
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    144. Converter
    145. Tidal ×2
    146. SkaterSkater
    147. Wind
    148. Tidal
    149. Mex
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. Wind
    152. Tidal
    153. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:49
    154. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    155. Wind
    156. Tidal
    157. Converter
    158. Con turret
    159. SkaterSkater
    160. Tidal
    161. Mex
    162. Tidal
    163. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    164. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    165. Wind
    166. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    167. Tidal
    168. Wind
    169. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    170. Tidal
    171. Wind ×2
    172. SkaterSkater
    173. Converter
    174. Tidal ×2
    175. VoyagerVoyager
    176. Wind
    177. Tidal
    178. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    179. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:41
    180. Wind
    181. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    182. VoyagerVoyager
    183. Wind
    184. Tidal
    185. Wind
    186. SkaterSkater
    187. Tidal
    188. VoyagerVoyager
    189. Tidal
    190. Converter
    191. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:45
    192. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    193. DreadnoughtBattleship
    194. Tidal ×2
    195. SkaterSkater
    196. Wind
    197. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    198. Tidal
    199. Wind
    200. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    201. Tidal
    202. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    203. Wind
    204. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1522 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00159900
4:002876040
5:00412519054
6:005516531294
7:007053988625
8:00871716811028
9:001057124591592
10:001280033632241
11:001537844273115
12:001846254733815
13:002179564554611
14:002540875645386
15:002899384626190
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

41.2 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
2986 metal received · 31607 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=1479
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1501
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:38 · n=926
Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1401
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:49–9:30 · n=961
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1332

Played most by

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