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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 · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 (43%)

    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 1:12 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow ×2
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:56 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Mex
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Converter
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Con turret
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. Mex ×2
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · Naval Construction Turret (33%)

    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 · 81 steps
    1. AnemoneAnemone
    2. Wind
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Wind
    6. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:13 · typical 5:36
    7. Wind ×5
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind
    11. Mex
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Mex
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Wind
    18. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 10:31 · typical 7:46
    19. Converter ×3
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. CorsairDestroyer
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:53 · typical 9:19
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Mex ×2
    26. Wind
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Wind
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Mex
    31. Converter
    32. Wind
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. SkaterSkater
    40. Converter
    41. Wind
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Wind
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Converter
    47. Wind
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. Mex
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. CorsairDestroyer
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind ×2
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    57. Construction ShipCon ship
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction ShipCon ship
    60. Wind
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. Converter
    63. Wind
    64. Mex
    65. Wind
    66. SkaterSkater
    67. CorsairDestroyer
    68. Wind
    69. Converter
    70. Mex
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. Wind ×2
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. SkaterSkater
    76. Converter
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    79. Wind
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (37 OS, 04/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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

Rexalidus

36.9 OS · 04/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
516 metal received · 26772 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

Played most by

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