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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 · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Energy storage
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:27 · 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 (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 8 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. PawnPawn ×4
    8. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:17 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 16 steps
    1. PawnPawn
    2. Mex
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. PawnPawn ×2
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. PawnPawn
    7. EelSubmarinedone 4:10 · typical 4:22
    8. Mex ×2
    9. Con turret
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. 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 (48%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 189 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind ×2
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Con turret
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Converter ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. Mex
    16. Wind ×3
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind ×2
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind ×2
    21. Mex
    22. Construction ShipCon ship
    23. Converter
    24. Wind
    25. Converter
    26. Wind ×3
    27. Converter
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. Con turret ×2
    32. Bot LabBot Labdone 7:34
    33. Wind
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    36. Converter
    37. Wind
    38. Construction BotCon bot
    39. Wind ×3
    40. Construction BotCon bot
    41. Wind ×3
    42. Converter
    43. Construction BotCon bot
    44. Wind
    45. Converter
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    49. Wind ×2
    50. Construction BotCon bot
    51. Wind ×6
    52. Converter
    53. Wind
    54. Converter
    55. Wind
    56. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:03 · typical 7:45
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 8:55
    59. Wind
    60. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    61. Wind ×2
    62. OspreyHeavy transport
    63. Wind
    64. Naval Construction Turret
    65. Wind
    66. Converter ×4
    67. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    68. PawnPawn
    69. Wind
    70. PawnPawn
    71. Wind ×6
    72. PawnPawn
    73. Con turret
    74. Wind ×2
    75. PawnPawn
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. Wind ×2
    78. PawnPawn
    79. Wind ×2
    80. PawnPawn
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. PawnPawn
    84. Wind
    85. Converter
    86. Naval Construction Turret
    87. Converter
    88. PawnPawn
    89. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    90. Wind
    91. PawnPawn
    92. Converter
    93. Wind
    94. PawnPawn
    95. Wind ×2
    96. PawnPawn
    97. Wind
    98. PawnPawn
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn
    101. Wind ×2
    102. PawnPawn
    103. Wind
    104. PawnPawn
    105. Wind ×2
    106. PawnPawn
    107. Wind
    108. PawnPawn ×2
    109. Converter
    110. Wind
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Converter
    113. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    114. PawnPawn
    115. Wind
    116. PawnPawn
    117. Wind
    118. Naval Construction Turret
    119. PawnPawn
    120. Wind ×2
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Naval Construction Turret
    123. Energy storage
    124. PawnPawn
    125. Wind
    126. Mex
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    129. Wind
    130. PawnPawn ×2
    131. Mex
    132. PawnPawn ×2
    133. Wind
    134. PawnPawn ×2
    135. DolphinDolphin
    136. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 12:16 · typical 9:16
    137. Converter
    138. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    139. DolphinDolphin ×3
    140. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    141. Con turret
    142. DolphinDolphin ×5
    143. Converter
    144. DolphinDolphin
    145. Wind ×2
    146. DolphinDolphin
    147. Wind
    148. DolphinDolphin
    149. Wind
    150. DolphinDolphin
    151. Wind
    152. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    153. SentrySentry
    154. Wind
    155. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    156. DolphinDolphin
    157. Wind ×2
    158. DolphinDolphin
    159. SentrySentry
    160. Converter ×2
    161. DolphinDolphin
    162. Wind
    163. SentrySentry
    164. Wind ×4
    165. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    166. Wind ×3
    167. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:02
    168. Converter
    169. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    170. Converter
    171. Wind ×3
    172. CauteriserCauteriser
    173. Wind ×4
    174. Converter ×2
    175. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    176. Wind
    177. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    178. Wind ×6
    179. VoyagerVoyager
    180. Wind
    181. Converter
    182. VoyagerVoyager
    183. Converter
    184. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    185. VoyagerVoyager
    186. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    187. Wind ×2
    188. VoyagerVoyager
    189. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (35 OS, 23/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

Dad_The_Speedrunner

35.0 OS · 23/09/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
469 metal received · 25588 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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