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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
  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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 1:21
    3. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    6. Mex
    7. Construction VehicleCon vehicle
    8. Con turret
    9. Wind ×2
    10. BlitzBlitz
    11. Mex
    12. AnemoneAnemone
    13. Mex
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:49 · 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: Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. EelSubmarinedone 4:07 · typical 4:22
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Converter
    9. Mex
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:00 · typical 5:35
    11. Wind
  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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 161 steps
    1. Construction ShipCon ship
    2. Wind
    3. SentrySentry
    4. CorsairDestroyer
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind ×3
    11. CorsairDestroyer
    12. Converter
    13. HarpoonHarpoon
    14. Wind ×3
    15. Converter
    16. Wind ×5
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:30 · typical 9:17
    18. HarpoonHarpoon
    19. Wind
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×7
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×5
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. CorsairDestroyer
    35. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    36. Con turret
    37. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×4
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. CorsairDestroyer
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    42. Con turret
    43. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    44. Con turret ×2
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Con turret ×3
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Wind
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Converter
    57. Wind ×4
    58. Converter
    59. SkaterSkater ×2
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Tidal
    72. Converter
    73. Wind ×3
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Converter
    81. Wind ×2
    82. EelSubmarine
    83. Construction ShipCon ship
    84. Wind
    85. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Converter
    88. Wind
    89. Converter
    90. Wind
    91. Tidal
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:17
    96. Wind ×4
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. Wind ×3
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Converter ×2
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. Wind ×3
    106. Naval Construction Turret
    107. SkaterSkater
    108. Wind ×4
    109. Converter
    110. SkaterSkater
    111. Wind
    112. Metal storage
    113. Naval Construction Turret
    114. Energy storage
    115. Wind
    116. SkaterSkater
    117. Wind
    118. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:48
    119. Wind
    120. SkaterSkater
    121. Wind ×2
    122. Converter
    123. Wind
    124. SkaterSkater
    125. Converter
    126. Wind ×3
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×8
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×6
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×2
    133. Converter
    134. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    135. Wind ×4
    136. Naval Construction Turret
    137. Wind ×2
    138. Naval Construction Turret
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Naval Construction Turret
    141. Wind ×2
    142. Naval Construction Turret
    143. Converter ×2
    144. Wind ×3
    145. T2 converter
    146. Wind ×2
    147. HavenHaven
    148. Wind ×3
    149. Converter
    150. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    151. Wind
    152. Converter
    153. Wind ×3
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind
    156. VoyagerVoyager
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. VoyagerVoyager
    160. Wind
    161. VoyagerVoyager

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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 64% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

_X_

38.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
459 metal received · 48926 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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