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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:24 · 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 (45%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    3. Mex
    4. PawnPawn
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:40 · 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: Sentry (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind
    5. Tidal
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. Tidal
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. LazarusLazarus
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. PawnPawn
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. PawnPawn ×3
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Construction ShipCon ship
  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%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 155 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:39 · typical 5:35
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    6. Tidal
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Wind
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. SkaterSkater ×2
    16. Wind
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Energy storage
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:00 · typical 9:16
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. SentrySentry
    26. CorsairDestroyer
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. SentrySentry
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Mex ×2
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. NettleNettle
    33. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    34. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    35. SentrySentry
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Wind
    39. HarpoonHarpoon
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Wind
    42. SentrySentry
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Wind ×3
    45. HarpoonHarpoon
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Converter
    48. Naval Construction Turret
    49. Wind ×3
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. Wind ×2
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. Wind
    60. Converter
    61. Wind
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Naval Construction Turret
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Tidal
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. ShipyardShipyarddone 12:04
    69. Tidal
    70. Converter
    71. Wind
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. Wind
    74. DolphinDolphin
    75. Wind
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Wind
    78. Tidal ×2
    79. DolphinDolphin ×3
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind
    82. Converter
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Tidal ×2
    85. SkaterSkater
    86. Wind
    87. DolphinDolphin
    88. Wind
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Tidal
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Tidal
    93. Wind
    94. DolphinDolphin
    95. Converter
    96. DolphinDolphin
    97. Tidal
    98. DolphinDolphin
    99. Wind
    100. DolphinDolphin
    101. Wind
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Tidal
    104. Converter
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. DolphinDolphin ×2
    107. Tidal
    108. Wind
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Wind
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Tidal
    113. DolphinDolphin
    114. Wind
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Tidal
    117. DolphinDolphin
    118. Wind
    119. SkaterSkater
    120. Converter
    121. DolphinDolphin ×2
    122. Wind
    123. DolphinDolphin
    124. Tidal ×2
    125. Wind
    126. DolphinDolphin ×3
    127. Wind ×2
    128. DolphinDolphin
    129. SkaterSkater
    130. Tidal
    131. Wind
    132. DolphinDolphin
    133. Tidal
    134. Converter
    135. DolphinDolphin ×2
    136. Wind
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. Wind
    139. DolphinDolphin
    140. Converter
    141. DolphinDolphin ×2
    142. Tidal ×2
    143. SkaterSkater
    144. Wind
    145. DolphinDolphin
    146. Wind
    147. DolphinDolphin
    148. Wind
    149. DolphinDolphin ×2
    150. Wind
    151. DolphinDolphin
    152. Tidal ×2
    153. DolphinDolphin
    154. Wind
    155. DolphinDolphin

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (43 OS, 24/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

_X_

43.3 OS · 24/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
304 metal received · 77568 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

Played most by

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