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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

Shipyard in the cove backed by a bot lab, pushing out early submarines and destroyers to contest the sea while teching up to a geothermal plant around 7:46, the role's bread-and-butter naval contest.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 1:06–1:17

    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. Wind ×3for Air
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:26 · 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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Energy storage
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    8. Con turret
    9. PawnPawn
    10. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:31 · 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 (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Mex
    2. PawnPawn
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Wind ×2
    5. EelSubmarinenot finished by 15:00 · typical 4:22
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Mex
    8. SkaterSkater
    9. Wind
    10. Mex
    11. SkaterSkater
    12. Wind ×2
    13. EelSubmarine
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Mex
    17. Wind ×3
    18. Mex
  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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (39%) · Naval Construction Turret (34%)

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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is haaven's (46 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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

haaven

45.9 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
46 metal received · 61152 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:17 · n=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

Played most by

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