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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:18 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 11 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:04 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. TickTick
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind ×2
    5. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:06 · typical 5:33
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Energy storage
    16. SentrySentry
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Converter
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. PawnPawn
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. PawnPawn
    24. SentrySentry
    25. PawnPawn
    26. 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 (49%) · frigate (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 49 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. HarpoonHarpoon
    3. Wind
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Wind ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Wind ×3
    11. Converter
    12. Wind
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind ×2
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Converter
    19. Wind
    20. Mex
    21. Wind
    22. Mex
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Wind
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Converter
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. MaceMace
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. MaceMace
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:58 · typical 9:17
    32. MaceMace
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Mex
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. MaceMace ×3
    39. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    40. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    41. Mex
    42. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. SkaterSkater ×2
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% 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 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

_X_

40.9 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
237 metal received · 5858 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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