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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×2
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 7 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Energy storage
    6. Mex
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:18 · 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 31 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Converter
    3. Mex
    4. Converter
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Wind
    7. Converter
    8. Mex
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Wind
    11. Converter
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Converter
    16. DolphinDolphin ×3
    17. Wind
    18. Converter
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Converter
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Wind
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Mex
    29. Wind
    30. EelSubmarinedone 5:16 · typical 4:21
    31. Wind ×2
  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%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · 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 · 93 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. AnemoneAnemone ×2
    6. Wind ×3
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:31 · typical 5:35
    15. Wind
    16. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    17. Wind ×3
    18. SkaterSkater
    19. Wind ×2
    20. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    21. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. Wind
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
    27. Wind
    28. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:50 · typical 7:46
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Mex
    33. Wind ×3
    34. SkaterSkater
    35. Wind
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. CorsairDestroyer
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 8:36 · typical 9:17
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. DolphinDolphin
    44. CorsairDestroyer
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Con turret
    51. Construction ShipCon ship
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. HarpoonHarpoon
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Mex
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. HarpoonHarpoon
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Construction ShipCon ship
    65. CorsairDestroyer
    66. HarpoonHarpoon
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Mex
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. SkaterSkater
    72. Mex
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Con turret
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Naval Metal Storage
    79. DolphinDolphin ×2
    80. ArbalestArbalest
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Naval Construction Turret
    83. DolphinDolphin ×5
    84. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:16
    85. DolphinDolphin ×3
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. ArbalestArbalest
    88. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:38
    89. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    90. TsunamiTsunami
    91. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    92. VoyagerVoyager
    93. TsunamiTsunami

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is TodoAoi's (35 OS, 04/09/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

TodoAoi

35.0 OS · 04/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
618 metal received · 91280 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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