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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:25 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. EelSubmarinedone 3:05 · typical 4:21
    5. Mex
    6. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    7. Mex ×2
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. Energy storage
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Mex
  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 · 80 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. Wind
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. SentrySentry
    17. SkaterSkater
    18. Wind
    19. EelSubmarine
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
    25. Wind
    26. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    27. DolphinDolphin ×2
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. Wind
    30. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    31. Wind ×2
    32. SkaterSkater
    33. EelSubmarine
    34. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    35. Wind
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:45
    37. DolphinDolphin ×3
    38. Wind ×2
    39. DolphinDolphin
    40. Wind ×2
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. Wind
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. SkaterSkater
    46. Wind
    47. EelSubmarine
    48. Wind ×2
    49. DolphinDolphin ×2
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Wind
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    59. BeholderBeholder
    60. SkaterSkater
    61. Wind
    62. DolphinDolphin
    63. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. CorsairDestroyerdone 12:10 · typical 5:36
    66. DolphinDolphin ×3
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. SkaterSkater
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    72. DolphinDolphin
    73. CorsairDestroyer
    74. DolphinDolphin ×2
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    78. SkaterSkater
    79. Con turret
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 OS, 30/09/2026); 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

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

krtf

44.8 OS · 30/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
49 metal received · 30262 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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