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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:09 · 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 · 11 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Mex
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:17 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SentrySentry
    5. EelSubmarinedone 4:14 · typical 4:21
    6. Mex ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SentrySentry
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. SentrySentry
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. SentrySentry
  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 · 124 steps
    1. Mex
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Mex
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:58 · typical 5:36
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Wind ×2
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Wind ×2
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Wind
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:59 · typical 9:17
    17. Wind
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. Wind
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. Metal storage
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Wind ×6
    30. Energy storage
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Wind
    34. Energy storage
    35. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. Tidal
    40. Wind
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Tidal
    43. Wind
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. Mex
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Wind
    48. Tidal
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Wind
    51. Tidal
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Tidal
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind
    58. Tidal
    59. Wind
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:48 · typical 7:46
    62. Mex
    63. Tidal
    64. Wind
    65. DolphinDolphin
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Wind
    69. Naval Construction Turret
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    73. Wind ×2
    74. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:06
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. Wind
    77. Tidal
    78. HarpoonHarpoon
    79. Tidal
    80. Wind
    81. Tidal
    82. Con turret
    83. Tidal
    84. Wind
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind
    87. Tidal ×2
    88. Wind
    89. Tidal ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Tidal
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    95. Wind
    96. Converter
    97. Con turret
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    100. Tidal
    101. VoyagerVoyager
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind
    104. Converter
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Tidal
    107. Converter
    108. VoyagerVoyager
    109. Tidal
    110. Converter
    111. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    112. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:23
    113. Tidal
    114. Wind
    115. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    116. Tidal
    117. MaelstromMaelstrom
    118. Wind
    119. Tidal
    120. MaelstromMaelstrom
    121. Wind
    122. MaelstromMaelstrom
    123. Wind
    124. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TrollHardGoPro's (37 OS, 14/09/2026); 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

791 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
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

TrollHardGoPro

37.4 OS · 14/09/2026

Open source match ↗

8 received units · includes a constructor
1175 metal received · 13425 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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