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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 · 8 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Wind
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Wind
    8. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:54 · 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
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:17 · 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 · 13 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. CrossbowCrossbow
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Mex
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Mex ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 103 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. Mex
    4. EllysawFrigate
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Mex ×2
    7. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:28 · typical 5:35
    8. Wind ×4
    9. Mex
    10. Wind
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 7:50 · typical 9:17
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Wind
    17. EllysawFrigate
    18. Wind ×3
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind ×2
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Wind ×2
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Wind ×2
    25. DolphinDolphin
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. Wind
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind
    35. EllysawFrigate
    36. Wind ×3
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Wind ×3
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Wind
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind ×2
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Wind
    45. EllysawFrigate
    46. Wind ×2
    47. CorsairDestroyer
    48. Wind ×2
    49. SkaterSkater
    50. Wind
    51. SkaterSkater
    52. Wind
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Wind
    57. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    58. Wind
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. Wind
    62. Construction ShipCon ship
    63. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. SkaterSkater
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    70. Wind
    71. Mex
    72. Naval Construction Turret
    73. DolphinDolphin ×2
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin ×2
    76. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:02
    77. Mex
    78. DolphinDolphin ×3
    79. Wind
    80. DolphinDolphin ×3
    81. Wind
    82. Mex
    83. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    84. Wind
    85. VoyagerVoyager
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. VoyagerVoyager
    88. Wind
    89. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:05
    90. VoyagerVoyager
    91. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    92. Wind
    93. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    94. Wind
    95. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    96. Naval Construction Turret
    97. Construction ShipCon ship
    98. Wind
    99. Tidal
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Tidal ×3
    102. Wind
    103. Tidal ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JesterB's (35 OS, 13/09/2026); 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

JesterB

35.3 OS · 13/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
81 metal received · 27898 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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