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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 · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 1:12 · 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 · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Converter
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. Con turret
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. CrossbowCrossbow
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Wind
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:54 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind
    5. PawnPawn
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Converter
    10. Mex
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:55 · typical 5:36
    13. Energy storage
    14. Mex
    15. CorsairDestroyer
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    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 (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 · 110 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. CorsairDestroyer
    3. Converter
    4. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:12 · typical 7:46
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Converter
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    11. Converter
    12. SkaterSkater
    13. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    16. Converter
    17. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:02 · typical 9:19
    21. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    22. Converter
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    25. Converter
    26. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    27. Converter
    28. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×3
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Naval Construction Turret
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Con turret
    42. Naval Construction Turret
    43. Con turret
    44. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    45. Tidal
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Tidal
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. Tidal ×3
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. Tidal ×2
    52. SkaterSkater ×2
    53. Tidal
    54. HarpoonHarpoon
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. HarpoonHarpoon
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 13:42
    59. Con turret
    60. HarpoonHarpoon
    61. Con turret
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. HarpoonHarpoon
    64. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    65. HarpoonHarpoon
    66. CauteriserCauteriser
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Wind ×4
    69. HarpoonHarpoon
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. Wind
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Wind ×3
    75. Naval Construction Turret
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Converter
    78. Wind ×2
    79. Naval Construction Turret
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. Wind ×4
    84. Converter
    85. Wind ×2
    86. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:26
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Converter
    89. Wind ×4
    90. Converter
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Con turret
    93. Wind
    94. Converter
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Con turret
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind ×4
    103. Converter
    104. Wind
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    109. VoyagerVoyager
    110. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 03/10/2026); 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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_

41.6 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1631 metal received · 46825 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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