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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:26 · 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 · 25 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:04 · typical 4:21
    6. Mex
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Mex ×2
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Converter
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. Mex ×2
    22. EelSubmarine
    23. Wind
    24. Energy storage
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
  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 · 111 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin ×3
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:20 · typical 5:36
    7. Mex
    8. Wind ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    17. Tidal
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Tidal
    21. Wind
    22. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:46
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:51 · typical 9:17
    26. Tidal
    27. Wind
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. Tidal
    31. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    32. HarpoonHarpoon
    33. Wind
    34. Construction BotCon bot
    35. Tidal
    36. Wind
    37. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    38. Wind
    39. Tidal
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Tidal
    46. Wind
    47. ShipyardShipyarddone 9:09
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Wind
    50. Tidal
    51. Wind
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Wind
    54. Tidal
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. CorsairDestroyer
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. LazarusLazarus
    60. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 10:39 · typical 7:46
    61. Wind
    62. Tidal
    63. Wind
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Mex
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. Wind
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Naval Construction Turret
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Naval Construction Turret
    82. Tidal
    83. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:54
    84. Wind
    85. SentrySentry
    86. Mex
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    89. Wind
    90. LongbowMissile cruisernot finished by 15:00
    91. SentrySentry
    92. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:35
    93. Wind
    94. PaladinCruiserdone 12:46
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Wind
    99. PaladinCruiser
    100. SentrySentry
    101. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    102. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    103. Con turret ×3
    104. SentrySentry
    105. Con turret
    106. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    107. Con turret ×2
    108. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    109. Wind ×2
    110. MorayMoraynot finished by 15:00
    111. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SeduceUrAfus's (46 OS, 15/09/2026); 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

SeduceUrAfus

45.7 OS · 15/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
75 metal received · 19977 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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