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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:13 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:25 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:02 · typical 4:21
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. Mex
    15. PawnPawn
    16. Mex
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. Energy storage
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Mex
    21. DolphinDolphin ×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 · 143 steps
    1. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Wind
    6. EelSubmarine
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Wind
    11. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:55 · typical 5:35
    12. Naval Construction Turret
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    14. Wind
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Wind
    17. Tidal
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    20. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:06 · typical 9:17
    21. HarpoonHarpoon
    22. Wind
    23. HarpoonHarpoon
    24. Tidal
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. Wind
    27. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Tidal
    30. Wind
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Mex
    33. Tidal
    34. Wind
    35. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:16
    36. Tidal
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. Tidal
    40. Wind
    41. Tidal
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. Tidal
    45. Construction BotCon bot
    46. Tidal
    47. Wind
    48. Construction BotCon bot
    49. Tidal
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind
    52. Mex
    53. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    54. Wind
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction BotCon bot
    58. Wind
    59. Construction BotCon bot
    60. Mex
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. Wind
    67. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 12:10 · typical 7:46
    68. Naval Construction Turret
    69. Wind
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind
    72. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:27
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Wind
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind
    77. Con turret ×2
    78. Tidal
    79. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    80. Wind
    81. Tidal
    82. Con turret ×3
    83. VoyagerVoyager
    84. Tidal
    85. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:23
    86. VoyagerVoyager
    87. Tidal
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. SentrySentry
    90. VoyagerVoyager
    91. Wind
    92. VoyagerVoyager
    93. Wind ×2
    94. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    95. VoyagerVoyager
    96. Wind ×3
    97. Converter
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. Wind ×3
    101. PlatypusPlatypus
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. PlatypusPlatypus
    104. Wind ×4
    105. Converter
    106. Naval Construction Turret
    107. Converter
    108. Wind ×8
    109. Naval Construction Turret
    110. Wind ×2
    111. Converter
    112. Wind ×4
    113. PlatypusPlatypus
    114. Converter
    115. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    116. PlatypusPlatypus
    117. Wind ×2
    118. Naval Construction Turret
    119. Wind ×2
    120. Converter
    121. Wind
    122. Naval Construction Turret
    123. Wind ×2
    124. PlatypusPlatypus
    125. Converter
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind ×2
    129. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    130. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 14:54
    131. Wind ×3
    132. PlatypusPlatypus
    133. Wind ×4
    134. PlatypusPlatypus
    135. Converter
    136. PlatypusPlatypus
    137. Converter
    138. Wind
    139. Converter
    140. Wind ×2
    141. PlatypusPlatypus
    142. SabreSabre
    143. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

krtf

44.6 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
135 metal received · 9905 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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