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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    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 2:50–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. CrossbowCrossbow
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    8. Energy storage
    9. Mex
    10. LazarusLazarus
    11. PawnPawn
    12. Con turret
    13. Mex
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:04 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 13 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Mex
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Wind
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind ×2
    11. Mex
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. Wind ×2
  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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · 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 · 208 steps
    1. EllysawFrigate
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Wind
    4. Mex
    5. EllysawFrigate
    6. Wind ×3
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Wind
    9. Converter
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:15 · typical 5:35
    11. SentrySentry ×2
    12. Converter
    13. Mex
    14. Wind
    15. Converter
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Wind
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:20 · typical 7:45
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Wind
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Wind
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. Wind ×2
    31. CorsairDestroyer
    32. Wind ×5
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Wind ×4
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:56
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. TickTick ×6
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×3
    48. Converter
    49. TickTick ×2
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:11 · typical 9:17
    51. TickTick ×2
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×4
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. TickTick
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. TickTick ×5
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. TickTick ×2
    65. Wind
    66. TickTick ×5
    67. Converter
    68. TickTick ×3
    69. Wind
    70. TickTick
    71. CorsairDestroyer
    72. TickTick ×4
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. TickTick ×2
    75. NettleNettle
    76. TickTick ×2
    77. Wind
    78. TickTick
    79. Converter
    80. TickTick
    81. SkaterSkater
    82. TickTick ×2
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. TickTick ×2
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. TickTick
    87. NettleNettle
    88. TickTick
    89. Wind
    90. TickTick ×7
    91. Converter
    92. TickTick
    93. Wind
    94. TickTick
    95. CorsairDestroyer
    96. TickTick
    97. Wind
    98. TickTick ×3
    99. Wind
    100. TickTick ×2
    101. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    102. Wind
    103. TickTick
    104. SkaterSkater
    105. TickTick
    106. Wind
    107. TickTick ×3
    108. Wind
    109. TickTick ×2
    110. Converter
    111. Construction ShipCon ship
    112. TickTick
    113. Wind
    114. TickTick
    115. Construction ShipCon ship
    116. TickTick
    117. Wind ×2
    118. TickTick
    119. Construction ShipCon ship
    120. TickTick ×2
    121. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    122. TickTick ×2
    123. Wind
    124. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    125. TickTick
    126. Wind
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. TickTick
    130. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    131. TickTick
    132. Naval Metal Storage
    133. TickTick
    134. SkaterSkater
    135. TickTick
    136. Wind
    137. SkaterSkater
    138. TickTick
    139. Naval Construction Turret
    140. Wind
    141. TickTick
    142. Wind
    143. SkaterSkater
    144. TickTick
    145. SkaterSkater
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. TickTick
    149. SkaterSkater
    150. TickTick
    151. Wind ×2
    152. SkaterSkater
    153. TickTick
    154. SkaterSkater
    155. TickTick
    156. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    157. SkaterSkater
    158. TickTick
    159. SkaterSkater
    160. TickTick
    161. SkaterSkater
    162. TickTick
    163. Wind ×2
    164. TickTick ×6
    165. Mex
    166. TickTick
    167. Naval Construction Turret
    168. TickTick
    169. Wind
    170. Naval Construction Turret
    171. Wind
    172. TickTick
    173. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    174. TickTick ×3
    175. Tidal
    176. TickTick
    177. Tidal
    178. Wind
    179. TickTick
    180. Mex
    181. TickTick
    182. Tidal
    183. Wind
    184. TickTick ×2
    185. Naval Energy Storage
    186. TickTick
    187. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    188. Tidal
    189. TickTick
    190. Tidal
    191. TickTick
    192. Tidal ×2
    193. TickTick ×2
    194. Tidal
    195. Wind
    196. Tidal
    197. TickTick ×2
    198. Wind
    199. Tidal
    200. TickTick
    201. Tidal
    202. TickTick
    203. Tidal
    204. Construction BotCon bot
    205. Mex
    206. Tidal
    207. Construction BotCon bot
    208. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Rexalidus's (38 OS, 27/09/2026); 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

37.9 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1763 metal received · 52741 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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