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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    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 1:08 · 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Energy storage
    5. Mex
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. PawnPawn
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:50 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 17 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 3:59 · typical 5:35
    7. Mex ×2
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. Naval Construction Turret
    11. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    12. Wind
    13. EllysawFrigate
    14. Wind
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. SentrySentry ×2
    17. CorsairDestroyer
  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 (48%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 101 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. SentrySentry
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Wind
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Wind ×2
    8. EllysawFrigate
    9. Wind
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Wind ×2
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. CorsairDestroyer
    14. Wind ×4
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Wind
    19. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:57 · typical 9:16
    20. EllysawFrigate ×2
    21. Naval Construction Turret
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. EllysawFrigate
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. Tidal
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    36. Tidal ×2
    37. EllysawFrigate
    38. Tidal ×2
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. Tidal ×2
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Tidal
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Naval Construction Turret
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. EllysawFrigate
    48. Tidal
    49. EllysawFrigate
    50. Tidal
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. CorsairDestroyer
    53. Tidal
    54. SkaterSkater
    55. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    56. Tidal
    57. EllysawFrigate
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. EllysawFrigate
    60. Wind
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Tidal
    63. Wind
    64. Tidal
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. Tidal
    67. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    68. Wind
    69. EllysawFrigate
    70. Tidal
    71. EllysawFrigate
    72. Wind
    73. CorsairDestroyer
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. SkaterSkater
    77. PrudePrudenot finished by 15:00
    78. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    79. Wind
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. EllysawFrigate
    82. Wind
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind
    87. Tidal
    88. CorsairDestroyer
    89. Tidal ×2
    90. Wind
    91. DolphinDolphin ×2
    92. Tidal
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. Wind
    95. Tidal
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Tidal
    98. DolphinDolphin ×2
    99. Tidal
    100. Wind
    101. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is PlatinumBlonde's (59 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

PlatinumBlonde

59.4 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

17 received units · includes a constructor
1738 metal received · 44481 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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