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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 1:06–1:17

    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 ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · 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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Mex
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. Mex
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:50 · 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 (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. PawnPawn
    3. SkaterSkater ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Mex
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Tidal ×2
    10. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Mex
    15. Wind
    16. EelSubmarinedone 4:54 · typical 4:22
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. AnemoneAnemone
    20. DolphinDolphin
  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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (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. Tidal
    2. Wind
    3. Tidal
    4. EelSubmarine
    5. Con turret
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind ×3
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Wind ×3
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:39 · typical 5:35
    22. Wind ×6
    23. Construction ShipCon ship
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:36 · typical 9:17
    25. Wind ×5
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Wind ×3
    28. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    29. EllysawFrigate
    30. Wind ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Energy storage
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Wind
    36. EllysawFrigate
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. Wind ×2
    40. EllysawFrigate
    41. Wind ×2
    42. Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Converter
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Wind
    50. Converter
    51. Con turret
    52. Wind
    53. Con turret ×2
    54. BeholderBeholder
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Converter
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Converter
    59. CorsairDestroyer
    60. Converter
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    63. EllysawFrigate
    64. HarpoonHarpoon
    65. SentrySentry
    66. Con turret
    67. EllysawFrigate
    68. Con turret
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Advanced solar
    71. EllysawFrigate
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Advanced solar
    74. EllysawFrigate
    75. Advanced solar
    76. EllysawFrigate
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×3
    78. SkaterSkater ×2
    79. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. SkaterSkater ×4
    82. CorsairDestroyer
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Mex
    85. DolphinDolphin ×2
    86. CorsairDestroyer ×3
    87. SkaterSkater ×2
    88. DolphinDolphin ×15
    89. Naval Construction Turret
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    93. Mex
    94. Naval Construction Turret
    95. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    96. CorsairDestroyer
    97. DolphinDolphin ×5
    98. Naval Energy Converter
    99. DolphinDolphin
    100. EllysawFrigate
    101. Naval Energy Converter
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Naval Energy Converter
    104. DolphinDolphin ×3
    105. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:49
    106. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    107. Naval Energy Converter
    108. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    109. UrchinUrchin
    110. Naval Energy Converter
    111. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (38 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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

Crazydogg

37.6 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
375 metal received · 42831 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

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