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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:35 · 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 · 18 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. PawnPawn
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. EelSubmarinedone 3:33 · typical 4:21
    8. Mex
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Mex
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:09 · typical 5:36
    13. Mex
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Mex
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. NettleNettle
    18. 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 (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 · 103 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Wind
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Wind
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Wind ×6
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 9:17
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Wind
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Wind
    24. Mex
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Wind
    27. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 13:47 · typical 7:46
    28. Wind
    29. EllysawFrigate
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Con turret
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. NettleNettle
    34. Wind
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. Mex
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Wind ×2
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. HarpoonHarpoon
    42. Wind
    43. Tidal
    44. Wind
    45. Tidal
    46. Wind
    47. Tidal
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Wind
    53. Construction ShipCon ship
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Wind
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Wind
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Wind ×2
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Wind
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. Wind
    65. EllysawFrigate
    66. Wind
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Construction ShipCon ship
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. Wind
    73. EllysawFrigate
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. Wind
    76. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. Wind
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Wind
    83. DolphinDolphin ×4
    84. Wind
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    87. Construction ShipCon ship
    88. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    89. Wind
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    92. HarpoonHarpoon
    93. EllysawFrigate
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. Wind
    96. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    97. BeamerBeamer
    98. CorsairDestroyer
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. BeamerBeamer
    101. TickTick ×3
    102. PawnPawn
    103. TickTick

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_WetRat's (43 OS, 31/08/2026); 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

RAM_WetRat

42.8 OS · 31/08/2026

Open source match ↗

114 received units · includes a constructor
528 metal received · 25277 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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