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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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. Solar ×2
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarusfor Front
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:31 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 20 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Mex
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. EelSubmarinedone 3:35 · typical 4:21
    10. Mex ×2
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. DolphinDolphin ×3
    13. Mex
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Mex
    16. Con turret
    17. SentrySentry
    18. EelSubmarine
    19. SentrySentry
    20. 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 (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 · 109 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Wind
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin ×8
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SentrySentry
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:33 · typical 7:46
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:48 · typical 9:17
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Converter
    20. DolphinDolphin ×2
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Converter
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. CorsairDestroyerdone 9:22 · typical 5:36
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter ×2
    31. Wind
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. EelSubmarine
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Wind
    37. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    38. Wind
    39. CorsairDestroyer
    40. Wind ×2
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Wind ×2
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Wind
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    54. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    57. Wind
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×7
    59. Tidal
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    61. Tidal
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    65. EelSubmarine
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    68. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    69. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    70. HarpoonHarpoon
    71. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    72. HarpoonHarpoon
    73. EelSubmarine
    74. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    75. PrudePrudedone 13:55
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. EelSubmarine
    79. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:35
    80. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    81. Wind
    82. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    83. EelSubmarine
    84. Wind
    85. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    88. Wind
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind ×2
    91. Bot LabBot Labdone 13:41
    92. Wind
    93. SentrySentry
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Construction Turret
    96. PawnPawn
    97. MaelstromMaelstromnot finished by 15:00
    98. Wind
    99. PawnPawn
    100. SentrySentry
    101. BeamerBeamer
    102. DreadnoughtBattleshipnot finished by 15:00
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. MaelstromMaelstrom
    105. SentrySentry
    106. EelSubmarine
    107. MaelstromMaelstrom
    108. Con turret
    109. MaelstromMaelstrom

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HamoodLovesEstorage's (49 OS, 20/08/2026); 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

HamoodLovesEstorage

49.5 OS · 20/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
2867 metal received · 64263 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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