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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:31 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Con turret
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Mex
    8. Converter
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:11 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Mex
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:48 · typical 4:22
    6. Con turret
    7. Wind
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Wind
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. EllysawFrigate
    14. Wind ×3
    15. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:37 · typical 5:35
    16. Wind
    17. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:36 · typical 7:45
    18. Mex
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Con turret
  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 · 155 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. SentrySentry
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Converter ×2
    5. NettleNettle
    6. Converter
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Converter
    9. EllysawFrigate
    10. Converter
    11. Mex
    12. Converter
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Construction ShipCon ship
    19. Wind
    20. NettleNettle
    21. EllysawFrigate
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. Wind
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Wind
    30. Naval Hovercraft PlatformNaval Hovercraft Platformdone 7:33
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Wind
    33. EllysawFrigate
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. Wind
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Con turret
    40. Wind ×2
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Wind ×2
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Wind
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. SeekerSeeker
    47. Wind
    48. SeekerSeeker ×3
    49. Wind
    50. SeekerSeeker
    51. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    52. Wind
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. SkaterSkater ×2
    56. Wind
    57. Con turret
    58. Wind ×2
    59. SeekerSeeker
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind ×2
    62. SeekerSeeker
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Wind
    65. SeekerSeeker ×2
    66. Wind
    67. SeekerSeeker
    68. Wind
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. Wind
    71. SkaterSkater
    72. Wind
    73. EllysawFrigate
    74. Wind
    75. CorsairDestroyer
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:33 · typical 9:17
    78. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    79. Wind
    80. EllysawFrigate
    81. Wind
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. CorsairDestroyer
    84. SeekerSeeker
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. SeekerSeeker
    88. Wind
    89. SeekerSeeker
    90. Wind
    91. SeekerSeeker
    92. EllysawFrigate
    93. SeekerSeeker
    94. Wind
    95. EllysawFrigate
    96. SeekerSeeker
    97. Wind
    98. CorsairDestroyer
    99. Wind
    100. SeekerSeeker
    101. Wind
    102. SeekerSeeker
    103. Wind
    104. SeekerSeeker
    105. Wind ×2
    106. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    107. SeekerSeeker
    108. Wind ×2
    109. SeekerSeeker
    110. Wind
    111. SeekerSeeker
    112. Wind
    113. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:55
    114. SeekerSeeker
    115. Wind ×2
    116. SeekerSeeker
    117. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    118. Wind
    119. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    120. SeekerSeeker
    121. Wind ×3
    122. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    123. Wind
    124. SeekerSeeker
    125. Wind ×2
    126. SeekerSeeker
    127. Wind ×2
    128. VoyagerVoyager
    129. SeekerSeeker
    130. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    131. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:07
    132. Wind
    133. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    134. VoyagerVoyager
    135. SeekerSeeker
    136. Wind ×2
    137. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 13:43
    138. SeekerSeeker
    139. Wind ×2
    140. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    141. Wind
    142. DragonslayerDragonslayer
    143. Wind ×2
    144. PaladinCruiserdone 14:07
    145. Wind ×3
    146. HarpoonHarpoon
    147. Wind
    148. MaelstromMaelstromdone 14:17
    149. Wind ×2
    150. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    151. PaladinCruiser
    152. Wind ×2
    153. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    154. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    155. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (37 OS, 06/09/2026); 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

37.3 OS · 06/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units
208 metal received · 65527 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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