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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×3
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. CrossbowCrossbow ×3
    10. Construction BotCon bot
    11. Mex
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. TickTick ×5
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Mex
    17. PawnPawn
    18. NettleNettle
    19. PawnPawn
    20. Mex ×2
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. SentrySentry ×2
    23. Con turret
    24. SentrySentry ×3
    25. Mex
    26. Wind ×7
    27. ShipyardShipyarddone 5:00 · 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 · 1 step
    1. Wind ×4
  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 · 102 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Wind ×2
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:36 · typical 5:35
    7. Wind ×6
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Wind
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Wind ×6
    12. EllysawFrigate
    13. Mex
    14. Wind ×2
    15. EllysawFrigate
    16. Energy storage
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×2
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind ×3
    22. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:10 · typical 7:46
    23. SentrySentry
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:17
    27. Mex
    28. DolphinDolphin ×6
    29. Mex
    30. Construction ShipCon ship
    31. Con turret
    32. Mex
    33. Energy storage
    34. Con turret
    35. Construction ShipCon ship
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    37. Con turret
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Mex
    40. Con turret
    41. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:11
    42. Con turret
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. VoyagerVoyager
    48. T2 converter
    49. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:12
    50. VoyagerVoyager ×3
    51. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:19
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    55. VoyagerVoyager
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. HavenHaven
    58. SkaterSkater ×2
    59. HavenHaven
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind ×2
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. HavenHaven
    64. SkaterSkater
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    67. Wind
    68. SkaterSkater
    69. Wind
    70. SkaterSkater ×2
    71. Wind
    72. SkaterSkater ×3
    73. Wind
    74. SkaterSkater ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. VoyagerVoyager
    83. Wind
    84. SkaterSkater
    85. VoyagerVoyager
    86. Wind
    87. VoyagerVoyager
    88. Wind
    89. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Con turret
    94. Wind
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. VoyagerVoyager
    97. Wind
    98. VoyagerVoyager
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    100. VoyagerVoyager
    101. Wind
    102. VoyagerVoyager

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is pyrothraxus's (37 OS, 03/09/2026); 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 2:04 · 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

pyrothraxus

37.4 OS · 03/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1435 metal received · 32866 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

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