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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 · 758 distinct matches · 103 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 808 · 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 758 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 ×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 ~3:10, middle half 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Wind
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:37 · typical 3:10
  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%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerdone 3:59 · typical 5:35
    2. Converter
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Wind
    7. Mex
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. SentrySentry
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
  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
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (39%) · Harpoon (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 · 161 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. Wind
    4. SentrySentry ×2
    5. Converter
    6. Mex
    7. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Wind
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Wind
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Converter
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:54 · typical 9:17
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind
    22. Mex ×2
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Naval Construction Turret
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Wind
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Converter
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Wind
    37. Naval Construction Turret
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Naval Construction Turret
    40. Wind
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Tidal ×2
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Tidal
    45. Con turret
    46. Tidal
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Tidal
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Con turret
    52. Tidal
    53. Con turret
    54. Tidal
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Tidal ×4
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Tidal
    60. Con turret
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Tidal ×2
    63. Con turret
    64. Tidal
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Con turret
    67. Tidal
    68. Wind ×3
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Converter
    71. Tidal
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Wind
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. Tidal
    77. Wind ×2
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. Tidal
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Tidal
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Converter
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Wind
    87. Tidal
    88. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    89. Wind ×2
    90. CorsairDestroyer
    91. Wind ×3
    92. HarpoonHarpoon
    93. Wind ×5
    94. Converter
    95. CorsairDestroyer
    96. Converter
    97. Mex
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×5
    100. CorsairDestroyer
    101. Wind
    102. Tidal
    103. Wind ×4
    104. Converter
    105. Wind
    106. SkaterSkater
    107. Wind ×2
    108. Converter
    109. CorsairDestroyer
    110. Converter
    111. Wind
    112. Naval Construction Turret
    113. Wind ×4
    114. Naval Construction Turret
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Mex
    117. Converter
    118. SkaterSkater
    119. Wind
    120. Converter
    121. Naval Construction Turret
    122. Wind ×2
    123. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    124. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    125. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    126. Converter
    127. Tidal
    128. Wind ×3
    129. CorsairDestroyer
    130. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:20
    131. Wind ×5
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×2
    134. SkaterSkater
    135. Converter ×2
    136. Wind ×3
    137. Tidal
    138. Wind ×2
    139. Tidal
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Tidal
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Tidal
    144. Wind
    145. Tidal
    146. Wind
    147. Mex
    148. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    149. Tidal
    150. Wind
    151. Converter ×2
    152. Tidal
    153. Converter
    154. Wind ×5
    155. HarpoonHarpoon
    156. Wind ×3
    157. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    158. Tidal
    159. Wind
    160. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    161. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 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 62% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 63% 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

808 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002915051
5:00414517874
6:005554541307
7:0071111005646
8:00877317501052
9:001065425411692
10:001294534302273
11:001558446593178
12:001859557333936
13:002185669014793
14:002551379915646
15:002898891086662
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_

40.4 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
48 metal received · 38302 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=775
Shipyard3:10Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=797
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=478
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=746
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:49–9:15 · n=494
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=702

Played most by

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