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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. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:59 · 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 · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon botfor Pond
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:48 · 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 · 27 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Mex
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. Mex
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. Mex
    9. DolphinDolphin ×2
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Tidal
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Tidal
    17. Wind
    18. Tidal
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Con turret
    21. EelSubmarinedone 4:37 · typical 4:21
    22. Mex
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Wind
    26. AnemoneAnemone
    27. Wind ×4
  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 · 135 steps
    1. Wind ×3
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:01 · typical 5:36
    3. Wind
    4. Con turret
    5. Wind ×13
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind ×2
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Wind
    14. Wind
    15. Con turret
    16. Wind
    17. Energy storage
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Wind
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Wind ×2
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Wind ×2
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Wind ×5
    29. CorsairDestroyer
    30. Wind ×2
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. Wind ×2
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Wind
    38. DolphinDolphin
    39. Mex
    40. DolphinDolphin ×3
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. Wind
    43. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Wind
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:21 · typical 9:17
    47. Wind
    48. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    49. Wind
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Wind
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Wind
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Wind
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    59. Wind ×4
    60. DolphinDolphin
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. Wind
    65. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    66. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    67. Wind ×3
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Wind
    72. Mex
    73. DolphinDolphin ×2
    74. Wind
    75. DolphinDolphin
    76. Wind
    77. DolphinDolphin
    78. Wind
    79. DolphinDolphin
    80. Wind
    81. DolphinDolphin ×2
    82. CorsairDestroyer
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. Wind ×2
    86. CorsairDestroyer
    87. Construction ShipCon ship
    88. Wind
    89. CorsairDestroyer
    90. Naval Construction Turret
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Naval Construction Turret
    93. Wind
    94. Advanced solar
    95. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    96. Wind
    97. DolphinDolphin
    98. Wind
    99. Naval Construction Turret
    100. Wind
    101. Advanced solar
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Wind
    104. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:10
    105. DolphinDolphin
    106. Wind
    107. Advanced solar
    108. DolphinDolphin
    109. Wind
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    112. DolphinDolphin
    113. Tidal
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. Tidal
    116. VoyagerVoyager
    117. Tidal ×2
    118. Mex
    119. Tidal
    120. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 13:45
    121. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:52
    122. Tidal
    123. VoyagerVoyager
    124. Tidal
    125. VoyagerVoyager
    126. Tidal
    127. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    128. Naval Construction Turret
    129. HavenHaven
    130. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    131. Naval Construction Turret
    132. HavenHaven
    133. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    134. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    135. HavenHaven

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (36 OS, 24/08/2026); 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

Crazydogg

36.3 OS · 24/08/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
1594 metal received · 48389 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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