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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 ×3
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:15 · 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 · 3 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×3
    3. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:34 · 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 · 14 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SkaterSkater ×2
    4. Mex ×2
    5. PawnPawn
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:49 · typical 5:35
    11. Mex
    12. BeholderBeholder
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin ×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 · 99 steps
    1. Mex
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
    3. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:20 · typical 7:45
    8. DolphinDolphin ×3
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    11. Mex
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:48 · typical 9:17
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Converter
    18. DolphinDolphin ×2
    19. Converter
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. Converter ×2
    24. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. Converter
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. DolphinDolphin
    30. Converter
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Naval Construction Turret
    35. Converter
    36. CorsairDestroyer
    37. Converter
    38. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    39. DolphinDolphin ×4
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. HarpoonHarpoon
    42. Mex
    43. Construction ShipCon ship
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Mex
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. Tidal
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Wind
    50. Tidal
    51. HarpoonHarpoon
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Tidal
    54. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Tidal
    57. Wind
    58. Tidal
    59. Wind
    60. Tidal
    61. DolphinDolphin
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:21
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Construction ShipCon ship
    67. Wind
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    69. Wind ×7
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    72. Wind
    73. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Wind ×2
    76. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    77. Wind
    78. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:19
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Wind
    82. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:18
    83. Wind
    84. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    88. Wind ×3
    89. SentrySentry
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. Wind
    92. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    93. PaladinCruiserdone 14:46
    94. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. SentrySentry ×2
    97. DragonslayerDragonslayernot finished by 15:00
    98. SentrySentry
    99. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Soliloqueur's (40 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

Soliloqueur

40.1 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
95 metal received · 44103 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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