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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2
    3. Windfor Air
    4. Wind
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:29 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. LazarusLazarus ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. PawnPawn
    6. CrossbowCrossbow
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. CrossbowCrossbow
    9. Con turret
    10. Mex
    11. Converter
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:29 · 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 · 21 steps
    1. Converter ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind
    5. Con turret
    6. EelSubmarinedone 4:05 · typical 4:22
    7. Wind
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Wind
    10. SkaterSkater
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind ×2
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. Con turret
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:38 · typical 7:45
    20. Converter
    21. 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 · 111 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    3. Converter
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Converter
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Converter
    8. Mex
    9. Converter
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Converter
    12. NettleNettle
    13. Converter
    14. EelSubmarine
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. Wind
    17. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Wind ×2
    23. EelSubmarine
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. EelSubmarine
    27. Mex ×2
    28. Wind
    29. Con turret
    30. Wind
    31. SentrySentry
    32. HarpoonHarpoon
    33. Wind
    34. NettleNettle
    35. Wind
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Wind ×2
    40. CorsairDestroyerdone 8:06 · typical 5:35
    41. Wind
    42. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:39 · typical 9:17
    43. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    44. Wind
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. BeamerBeamer
    47. Con turret
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. BeamerBeamer
    52. Pit BullPit Bull
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    55. Wind
    56. Con turret
    57. CorsairDestroyer
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. Pit BullPit Bull
    60. Wind
    61. Con turret
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. Con turret
    64. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:07
    65. LazarusLazarus
    66. Wind
    67. ArbalestArbalest
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. LazarusLazarus
    70. Wind
    71. SkaterSkater
    72. Wind
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. Wind ×2
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Wind ×2
    77. Construction ShipCon ship
    78. Wind
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Wind
    81. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    82. Wind
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Wind ×3
    85. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    86. Wind ×4
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. Wind
    89. CorsairDestroyer
    90. Wind ×2
    91. LazarusLazarus
    92. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    93. Wind ×3
    94. EllysawFrigate
    95. LazarusLazarus
    96. Wind ×2
    97. Naval Construction Turret
    98. Wind
    99. LazarusLazarus
    100. Wind
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. Wind ×2
    103. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    104. CorsairDestroyer
    105. Wind ×2
    106. CorsairDestroyer
    107. Wind
    108. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    109. Wind
    110. CorsairDestroyer
    111. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Zeker_niet_Philipp's (39 OS, 18/08/2026); 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 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

Zeker_niet_Philipp

39.4 OS · 18/08/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
209 metal received · 33056 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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