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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 · 87 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 1:13
    4. Construction AircraftCon aircraft
    5. Wind ×5
    6. StorkLight transport
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. Con turret
    10. BlinkScout plane
    11. Mex ×3
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Mex
    14. Energy storage
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Converter
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. Wind
    25. Mex
    26. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:00 · typical 5:35
    27. Wind ×3
    28. CorsairDestroyer
    29. Wind ×3
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    32. Wind
    33. Converter ×2
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Mex
    36. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 8:47 · typical 7:45
    37. SkaterSkater
    38. HarpoonHarpoon
    39. Con turret
    40. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    41. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    42. HarpoonHarpoon
    43. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:25 · typical 9:17
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Con turret
    48. CorsairDestroyer
    49. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    50. Naval Construction Turret
    51. Converter
    52. Wind ×2
    53. Converter
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Construction Turret
    56. Wind ×2
    57. Converter
    58. Wind
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Wind
    61. Mex
    62. Wind
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    65. Wind
    66. Naval Construction Turret
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. CorsairDestroyer
    71. Tidal
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Tidal
    75. Construction ShipCon ship
    76. Wind
    77. Tidal
    78. CorsairDestroyer
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind ×2
    82. Tidal
    83. Wind
    84. Tidal
    85. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    86. Wind ×2
    87. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:09 · 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 · 1 step
    1. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:12 · 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

  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 · 74 steps
    1. Tidal
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. Tidal
    5. Wind
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Tidal
    8. Wind
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    10. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    11. Tidal
    12. Wind
    13. Construction BotCon bot
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Tidal
    17. Wind
    18. Construction BotCon bot
    19. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    20. Tidal
    21. Wind
    22. AnemoneAnemone
    23. Wind
    24. Construction BotCon bot
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Tidal
    28. Construction BotCon bot
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Tidal
    31. Wind
    32. Construction BotCon bot
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Wind
    35. Tidal
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. Construction BotCon bot
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Wind
    42. Construction BotCon bot
    43. Wind
    44. SkaterSkater
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. Wind
    47. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    48. Wind
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    51. Wind
    52. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    53. Wind
    54. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    55. Wind ×2
    56. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    57. Wind
    58. CorsairDestroyer
    59. Wind ×3
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. Wind ×2
    62. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    63. Wind
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. Wind ×5
    66. Construction ShipCon ship
    67. Naval Construction Turret
    68. LazarusLazarus
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 14:56
    73. Construction ShipCon ship
    74. Mex

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (39 OS, 29/09/2026); 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

_X_

39.0 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
111 metal received · 67654 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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