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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 1:24 · 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 · 7 steps
    1. Construction BotCon botfor Air
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Wind
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:48 · 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. HarpoonHarpoon
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×5
    5. PawnPawn
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Wind
    10. Naval Construction Turret
    11. Mex ×2
    12. Wind
    13. SkaterSkater
    14. Wind
    15. PawnPawn
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. CrossbowCrossbow
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. Mex
    20. SentrySentry
    21. Construction ShipCon ship
    22. Wind
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. DolphinDolphin ×2
    25. Energy storage
    26. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 73 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. CorsairDestroyer ×2done 5:36 · typical 5:33
    4. SentrySentry
    5. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:56 · typical 7:40
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:39 · typical 9:17
    10. CorsairDestroyer
    11. Converter
    12. Mex
    13. Converter
    14. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    15. SkaterSkater
    16. Converter
    17. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    18. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. CorsairDestroyer
    22. Naval Construction Turret
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    25. CorsairDestroyer
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Mex
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    30. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. CorsairDestroyer
    33. Mex
    34. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    35. Naval Energy Converter
    36. Naval Construction Turret
    37. CorsairDestroyer
    38. Naval Construction Turret
    39. Naval Energy Converter
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Naval Construction Turret
    42. Naval Energy Converter
    43. DolphinDolphin ×2
    44. Tidal
    45. Naval Energy Converter
    46. SkaterSkater
    47. Tidal
    48. Naval Energy Converter
    49. Tidal
    50. DolphinDolphin
    51. Tidal ×2
    52. Naval Energy Converter
    53. Tidal
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Tidal
    56. DolphinDolphin
    57. Mex
    58. Naval Energy Converter
    59. SkaterSkater
    60. Tidal
    61. DolphinDolphin ×2
    62. Naval Energy Converter
    63. DolphinDolphin
    64. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    65. SkaterSkater
    66. DolphinDolphin ×2
    67. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:10
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. HarpoonHarpoon ×2
    72. Mex
    73. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (42 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_

41.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

1 received units · includes a constructor
597 metal received · 29885 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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