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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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 · 24 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Wind
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Con turret
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Converter
    15. Construction BotCon bot
    16. PawnPawn
    17. Converter
    18. PawnPawn
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. Mex
    21. PawnPawn ×2
    22. Mex ×2
    23. Energy storage
    24. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:59 · 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 · 15 steps
    1. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SentrySentry
    4. EelSubmarinedone 4:31 · typical 4:22
    5. Mex
    6. Converter
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Converter
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Converter
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Converter
    15. 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 (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 · 143 steps
    1. Wind
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    4. Wind
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. SentrySentry
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Wind ×3
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind ×3
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. Mex
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. Converter
    23. Wind
    24. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:58 · typical 5:35
    25. Converter
    26. DolphinDolphin
    27. SentrySentry
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:09
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. SentrySentry
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    39. Converter
    40. NettleNettle
    41. ArgonautArgonaut
    42. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    43. NettleNettle
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. ArgonautArgonaut
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. SkaterSkater
    51. ArgonautArgonaut
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. SkaterSkater ×2
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. Con turret
    58. Mex
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Construction ShipCon ship
    61. Metal storage
    62. Con turret
    63. Construction ShipCon ship
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Con turret
    69. Mex
    70. Tidal
    71. Wind
    72. Metal storage
    73. Naval Construction Turret
    74. Wind
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind ×3
    77. Naval Construction Turret
    78. Mex
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Naval Construction Turret
    81. Tidal
    82. Wind ×3
    83. Naval Construction Turret
    84. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    85. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:09
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind
    88. Tidal
    89. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    90. Wind
    91. Tidal ×2
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    96. Wind
    97. Tidal
    98. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    99. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    100. Wind
    101. Tidal
    102. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    103. Tidal
    104. Wind
    105. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    106. Wind
    107. Tidal
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. Wind
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:09
    112. Tidal
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. Wind
    115. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    116. Tidal
    117. HavenHaven
    118. Wind
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    120. Wind
    121. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    122. Wind
    123. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. DragonslayerDragonslayernot finished by 15:00
    126. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    127. Wind
    128. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    129. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    130. Wind
    131. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    132. Wind
    133. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    134. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:49
    135. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    136. Wind
    137. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    138. Wind
    139. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    140. DreadnoughtBattleship
    141. Wind
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. Advanced Sonar StationAdvanced Sonar Station

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 28/09/2026); 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

sirniho

37.9 OS · 28/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
989 metal received · 127181 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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