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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 · 806 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 53% of 862 · 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 806 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 (43%)

    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 1:11 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    6. Mex
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind ×2
    17. NettleNettle ×2
    18. Wind
    19. TickTick
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Wind
    22. AnemoneAnemone
    23. Wind ×2
    24. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:20 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. Converter
    3. EelSubmarinedone 4:34 · typical 4:22
    4. Converter
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Energy storage
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

862 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160800
4:002901050
5:00414218160
6:005551545300
7:0071071002619
8:00873617111011
9:001061624601663
10:001290033292247
11:001547645703166
12:001849157033959
13:002176368534832
14:002540678855681
15:002896989946662
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_

42.4 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
846 metal received · 70488 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=828
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=851
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:33 · n=507
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=799
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:15 · n=523
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=751

Played most by

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