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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1366 distinct matches · 174 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1522 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1366 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:20 · 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 2:48–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (41%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (38%)

    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. Mex
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:31 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 27 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Tidal
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin ×3
    11. Mex
    12. Naval Construction Turret
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    15. Wind
    16. Mex
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:47 · typical 5:39
    21. Wind
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Wind ×2
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Wind
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    27. Wind
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 172 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Wind
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. NettleNettle
    5. Converter
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Converter
    11. DolphinDolphin ×4
    12. Tidal
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    14. CorsairDestroyer
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Tidal
    19. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    20. Tidal
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    24. Tidal
    25. HarpoonHarpoon
    26. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. Con turret
    29. Tidal
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    31. Mex
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Construction ShipCon ship
    34. Tidal
    35. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    36. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    37. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    38. SkaterSkater
    39. Tidal
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    43. Tidal
    44. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:36 · typical 7:52
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    46. Mex
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    49. Naval Construction Turret
    50. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:17 · typical 9:20
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. Naval Construction Turret
    54. Con turret
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 9:02
    57. Naval Construction Turret
    58. BansheeBanshee
    59. Mex
    60. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    61. StorkLight transport
    62. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    63. BansheeBanshee
    64. Naval Energy Storage
    65. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    66. BansheeBanshee
    67. Tidal
    68. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    69. SentrySentry
    70. Tidal
    71. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    72. BansheeBanshee
    73. Tidal
    74. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    75. BansheeBanshee
    76. Tidal
    77. Converter
    78. Wind
    79. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    80. Tidal ×2
    81. HarpoonHarpoon
    82. Wind
    83. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    84. Tidal
    85. Wind
    86. Converter
    87. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    88. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:27
    89. Wind
    90. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    91. Converter ×2
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    94. Wind
    95. Converter
    96. HarpoonHarpoon
    97. Wind ×2
    98. Converter
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Converter ×2
    102. Wind ×3
    103. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    104. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    105. Converter
    106. HarpoonHarpoon
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. VoyagerVoyager
    110. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:02
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    114. Wind
    115. VoyagerVoyager
    116. Wind
    117. VoyagerVoyager
    118. Converter
    119. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    120. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    121. Con turret
    122. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    123. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    124. Wind
    125. Mex
    126. Wind
    127. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    128. Wind
    129. Naval Metal Storage
    130. Wind
    131. Naval Construction Turret
    132. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    133. Naval Construction Turret
    134. Converter
    135. Naval Construction Turret
    136. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    137. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    138. Wind
    139. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    140. Wind
    141. Mex
    142. Wind ×2
    143. Converter
    144. Wind ×3
    145. Con turret
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    149. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    150. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    151. Wind ×2
    152. Con turret ×2
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. Wind ×4
    156. Con turret
    157. Converter
    158. Wind
    159. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    160. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Con turret ×2
    163. Converter
    164. Wind
    165. Con turret
    166. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    167. Con turret
    168. Wind ×4
    169. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    170. Wind
    171. Converter ×2
    172. Wind ×11

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 OS, 14/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1522 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00159900
4:002876040
5:00412519054
6:005516531294
7:007053988625
8:00871716811028
9:001057124591592
10:001280033632241
11:001537844273115
12:001846254733815
13:002179564554611
14:002540875645386
15:002899384626190
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_X_

40.7 OS · 14/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
1653 metal received · 67484 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=1479
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1501
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:38 · n=926
Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1401
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:49–9:30 · n=961
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1332

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