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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (88%)

#naval #eco · 1403 distinct matches · 177 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 1559 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1403 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 2:48–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (42%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (38%)

    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. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:32 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (47%) · submarine (45%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. PawnPawn
    7. SkaterSkater
    8. Energy storage
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. Naval Construction Turret
    12. Mex
    13. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. Wind
    18. SentrySentry
    19. DolphinDolphin ×2
    20. Wind
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. EelSubmarinedone 4:41 · typical 4:28
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. Mex
    29. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:12 · typical 5:40
    30. Wind ×2
    31. NettleNettle
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: frigate (42%) · Harpoon (42%) · geo (42%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 150 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    4. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. Converter
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. HarpoonHarpoon
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    14. SkaterSkater
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    20. HarpoonHarpoon
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. HarpoonHarpoon
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. Con turret
    29. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. EelSubmarine
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Mex
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    42. Mex
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:14 · typical 9:20
    44. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    47. Construction ShipCon ship
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Construction ShipCon ship
    50. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:06 · typical 7:52
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    53. DolphinDolphin
    54. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    55. DolphinDolphin
    56. Converter
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Converter
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. Converter
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Converter
    63. EelSubmarine
    64. Converter
    65. SentrySentry
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    68. Con turret
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. SkaterSkater
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. DolphinDolphin ×3
    78. Wind
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Wind
    81. EelSubmarine
    82. Wind
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    85. Wind
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. Converter
    88. Tidal
    89. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Construction Turret
    92. Wind
    93. Construction ShipCon ship
    94. Tidal
    95. Wind
    96. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Construction ShipCon ship
    99. Wind
    100. Naval Construction Turret
    101. Converter
    102. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    103. SkaterSkater
    104. Tidal
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Naval Construction Turret
    107. Wind
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Naval Construction Turret
    110. Wind
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Naval Construction Turret
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Wind
    115. Tidal
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. Naval Construction Turret
    118. EelSubmarine
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:18
    121. Converter
    122. CorsairDestroyer
    123. Tidal
    124. Wind
    125. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Tidal
    128. Converter
    129. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    130. Construction ShipCon ship
    131. Con turret
    132. Tidal
    133. Construction ShipCon ship
    134. Tidal
    135. SkaterSkater
    136. Tidal
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. Construction ShipCon ship
    139. Tidal
    140. Mex
    141. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    142. Construction ShipCon ship
    143. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    144. Tidal
    145. Wind
    146. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    147. Wind
    148. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    149. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    150. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:40 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:42 · in 90% 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

1559 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00159900
4:002877040
5:00412819052
6:005516531292
7:007055994625
8:00872116851049
9:001058424601595
10:001281133622235
11:001540144333114
12:001850354873794
13:002184165114609
14:002547475715371
15:002908084816156
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

39.9 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
19 metal received · 14411 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=1516
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:36 · n=1538
Eel4:28Middle 50%: 3:46–5:36 · n=955
Corsair5:40Middle 50%: 4:57–6:39 · n=1435
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:48–9:30 · n=989
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:38–10:09 · n=1364

Played most by

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