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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 · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×5
  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 · 10 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Energy storage
    3. Bot LabBot Labfor Ponddone 1:38 · typical 1:12
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    7. Mex
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Mex
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:23 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Naval Construction Turret
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:45 · typical 5:35
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Mex
    10. NettleNettle
    11. Mex
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. 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 · 104 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. HarpoonHarpoon
    4. Con turret
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:32 · typical 9:17
    7. Wind
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Wind ×2
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. Wind
    12. Converter
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind ×2
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Wind
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. Wind ×2
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. HarpoonHarpoon
    28. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    29. HarpoonHarpoon
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Naval Construction Turret
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Naval Metal Storage
    38. Tidal
    39. CorsairDestroyer
    40. Tidal ×2
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Tidal
    43. Mex
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. Tidal ×2
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Tidal
    50. SkaterSkater ×2
    51. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Tidal
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Tidal
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Tidal
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Tidal
    62. Naval Construction Turret
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. SkaterSkater ×2
    65. Tidal
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. Tidal
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Naval Construction Turret
    72. HarpoonHarpoon
    73. Tidal
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Tidal
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Tidal
    78. HarpoonHarpoon
    79. Tidal ×2
    80. CorsairDestroyer
    81. Tidal
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Tidal
    84. CorsairDestroyer
    85. Tidal
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. CorsairDestroyer
    88. Tidal
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Tidal
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Tidal
    93. CorsairDestroyer
    94. SkaterSkater
    95. CorsairDestroyer
    96. Tidal
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Tidal
    99. SkaterSkater
    100. Tidal ×2
    101. SkaterSkater
    102. Tidal
    103. HarpoonHarpoon
    104. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 OS, 25/09/2026); 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

_X_

42.0 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
0 metal received · 31627 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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