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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 ×2
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 · 41 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. Windfor Air
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Con turret
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Wind
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. Con turret
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Construction AircraftCon aircraftfor Air
    16. CrossbowCrossbow
    17. Construction BotCon bot
    18. Mex
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    20. TickTick
    21. NettleNettle
    22. TickTick
    23. Mex
    24. TickTick
    25. Mex
    26. SentrySentry
    27. TickTick
    28. Mex
    29. SentrySentry
    30. AnemoneAnemone
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Wind
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Wind ×2
    37. ChainsawChainsaw
    38. Wind
    39. SentrySentry
    40. Wind ×3
    41. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:36 · 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 (32%)

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

  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%) · geo (40%) · frigate (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 · 74 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Con turret
    3. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:22 · typical 5:35
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×3
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Wind ×4
    12. Con turret
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. Wind ×2
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Wind ×5
    18. AnemoneAnemone
    19. Wind
    20. ShipyardShipyarddone 8:34
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:54 · typical 9:17
    23. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    24. Wind ×2
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Metal storage
    27. Wind
    28. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    29. Energy storage
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Wind
    32. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    33. Wind
    34. SentrySentry
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Wind
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Wind
    42. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    43. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:15 · typical 7:46
    44. Wind
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Wind
    47. Construction ShipCon ship
    48. Wind
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. EllysawFrigate
    51. Wind ×2
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    54. OppressorDestroyerdone 11:07
    55. Wind
    56. Mex
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    58. EllysawFrigate
    59. Mex
    60. EllysawFrigate
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. DolphinDolphin ×2
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. SkaterSkater ×3
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. BeamerBeamer
    67. EllysawFrigate
    68. BeamerBeamer
    69. DolphinDolphin ×2
    70. SkaterSkater ×3
    71. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    72. EllysawFrigate ×2
    73. SkaterSkater ×3
    74. EllysawFrigate

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pyrothraxus's (38 OS, 05/09/2026); 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

pyrothraxus

38.0 OS · 05/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
249 metal received · 32452 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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