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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:29 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Con turret
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Mex
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:15 · 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 · 32 steps
    1. Converter ×2
    2. TickTick
    3. Converter
    4. TickTick
    5. Converter
    6. TickTick ×4
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Mex
    9. EelSubmarinedone 3:45 · typical 4:22
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:23 · typical 7:45
    26. Wind
    27. Mex
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    31. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    32. 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 (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 · 94 steps
    1. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:02 · typical 5:35
    2. Con turret
    3. SentrySentry
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Converter
    6. Mex
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. HarpoonHarpoon
    9. Converter
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Converter
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. Converter ×2
    14. Mex
    15. Converter
    16. Mex
    17. Converter
    18. CorsairDestroyer
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. Converter
    21. SentrySentry
    22. Con turret
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Wind
    28. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    29. Wind
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Wind
    35. Con turret
    36. Construction ShipCon ship
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. Wind ×4
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. Wind ×2
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Wind ×4
    46. Naval Construction Turret
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:40
    53. Wind ×3
    54. Mex
    55. Wind
    56. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    57. Wind
    58. Mex
    59. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 11:42
    60. BeamerBeamer
    61. Naval Construction Turret
    62. VoyagerVoyager
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. VoyagerVoyager
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    69. Wind ×6
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Wind ×2
    72. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    73. Wind ×3
    74. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 13:06
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:09
    77. Wind ×2
    78. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    79. Wind ×14
    80. LazarusLazarus
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. Wind
    83. LazarusLazarus
    84. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    85. Wind
    86. Con turret
    87. Wind ×3
    88. Naval Energy Storage
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Con turret
    91. Wind
    92. Con turret
    93. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    94. Con turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (36 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 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

36.4 OS · 27/09/2026

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2 received units
355 metal received · 102052 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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