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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×6
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:30 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · 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 ×2
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick
    10. Wind
    11. PawnPawn
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:04 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. PawnPawn
    4. Wind
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Wind
    8. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:20 · typical 5:33
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. Wind
    14. PawnPawn
    15. Mex
    16. Energy storage
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. PawnPawn
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Naval Construction Turret
    21. Construction ShipCon ship
    22. PawnPawn
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. PawnPawn
    25. Wind ×2
    26. HarpoonHarpoon
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 105 steps
    1. Wind ×2
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. Converter
    5. Wind ×3
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Wind
    8. Converter
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Wind ×4
    11. Converter
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. Converter
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind
    23. Mex
    24. CorsairDestroyer
    25. Wind
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2done 9:11 · typical 9:17
    27. CorsairDestroyer
    28. Naval Construction Turret
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Windfor Tech
    31. Naval Construction Turret
    32. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    33. Naval Construction Turret
    34. Tidal
    35. SkaterSkater
    36. Tidal
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Tidal ×2
    39. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    40. Tidal ×2
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Tidal ×2
    43. SkaterSkater
    44. Tidal
    45. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    46. Tidal
    47. SkaterSkater
    48. Tidal
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Tidal
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Tidal
    53. SkaterSkater
    54. Tidal
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Tidal ×2
    57. SkaterSkater
    58. Construction BotCon bot
    59. Tidal ×2
    60. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    61. Tidal
    62. SkaterSkater
    63. Tidal
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. CorsairDestroyer
    66. Construction BotCon bot
    67. Tidal ×2
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Tidal
    70. Construction BotCon bot
    71. Tidal
    72. SkaterSkater
    73. Tidal
    74. Construction BotCon bot
    75. Tidal
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Tidal
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Tidal
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. CorsairDestroyer
    82. Tidal
    83. SkaterSkater
    84. Tidal
    85. CorsairDestroyer
    86. Tidal
    87. SkaterSkater
    88. Tidal
    89. SkaterSkater
    90. Tidal
    91. SkaterSkater
    92. Tidal
    93. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    94. CorsairDestroyer
    95. Tidal
    96. SkaterSkater
    97. Tidal
    98. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    99. Tidal
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Naval Construction Turret
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Naval Construction Turret
    104. CorsairDestroyer
    105. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (41 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 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

_X_

40.9 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
632 metal received · 5387 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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