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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 · 1349 distinct matches · 173 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1504 · 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 1349 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 1:24 · 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 (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (39%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Air
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:47 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    4. Mex
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:01 · typical 5:39
    6. Mex
    7. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. Mex
    12. HarpoonHarpoon
    13. Wind
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Wind
  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 (31%)

    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 · 176 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Wind
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:03 · typical 7:52
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Wind
    9. NettleNettle
    10. Construction ShipCon ship
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. HarpoonHarpoon
    13. Wind
    14. Converter
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    17. Converter
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    20. Converter
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    22. EllysawFrigate
    23. Converter
    24. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. Converter
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. SkaterSkater
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    32. Converter
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. Wind
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Construction ShipCon ship
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:10 · typical 9:21
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Converter
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    46. Converter
    47. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    48. Mex
    49. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    50. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    51. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    54. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    55. Converter
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. Con turret
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. HarpoonHarpoon
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. EllysawFrigate
    67. Wind
    68. HarpoonHarpoon
    69. Wind
    70. EllysawFrigate
    71. Wind
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Converter
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    78. Wind ×2
    79. CorsairDestroyer
    80. Mex
    81. Wind ×2
    82. EllysawFrigate
    83. Converter
    84. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    85. EllysawFrigate
    86. Wind
    87. SkaterSkater
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Construction ShipCon ship
    91. Wind
    92. Mex
    93. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 11:29
    94. Wind
    95. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    96. Tidal
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Converter
    99. OspreyHeavy transport
    100. Mex
    101. Tidal
    102. Wind
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. Wind
    105. BlinkScout plane
    106. Tidal
    107. Wind
    108. Naval Construction Turret
    109. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    110. Converter
    111. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    112. Tidal
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. Con turret
    115. Tidal ×2
    116. Naval Construction Turret
    117. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:46
    118. Tidal
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    121. Tidal
    122. Wind
    123. Tidal ×2
    124. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    125. Tidal
    126. Wind
    127. Tidal
    128. Con turret
    129. Tidal ×4
    130. Con turret
    131. Tidal
    132. Wind
    133. Tidal
    134. Converter
    135. Tidal ×2
    136. Wind ×2
    137. Tidal ×3
    138. Wind ×2
    139. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 13:34
    140. Wind ×5
    141. Converter
    142. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    143. LongbowMissile cruiser
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    147. Wind ×2
    148. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    149. Wind ×6
    150. Converter
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    154. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    155. Converter
    156. Wind
    157. BlinkScout plane
    158. Wind ×2
    159. BlinkScout plane
    160. Wind ×2
    161. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    162. Wind
    163. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:53
    164. Wind
    165. Converter
    166. BlinkScout plane
    167. Wind ×3
    168. Con turret
    169. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    173. Converter
    174. Wind
    175. BlinkScout plane
    176. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 13/10/2026); 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

1504 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160000
4:002877040
5:00412619054
6:005518532295
7:007055993623
8:00872116921030
9:001057824611601
10:001280333632247
11:001538344203110
12:001846854653798
13:002177264294605
14:002537875495383
15:002896984516190
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_

40.4 OS · 13/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
2028 metal received · 107450 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=1462
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1484
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:37 · n=915
Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1384
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=947
Advanced Metal Extractor9:21Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1316

Played most by

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