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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Wind ×2for unknown
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:07 · 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 (43%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Wind ×2
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. PawnPawn
    8. Mex
    9. 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: submarine (44%) · Sentry (44%) · converter (32%) · pawn (32%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 21 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. DolphinDolphin ×2
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:58 · typical 7:46
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. SentrySentry
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. 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 (48%) · geo (40%) · frigate (40%) · Harpoon (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 · 130 steps
    1. EelSubmarine ×2not finished by 15:00 · typical 4:21
    2. SentrySentry
    3. EelSubmarine ×2
    4. Con turret
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Construction ShipCon ship
    7. Wind ×4
    8. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    9. Wind
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Mex
    13. NettleNettle
    14. Con turret
    15. DolphinDolphin ×3
    16. Mex
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:36 · typical 9:17
    18. CorsairDestroyerdone 9:21 · typical 5:35
    19. Wind
    20. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    21. Wind ×2
    22. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    23. Wind
    24. HarpoonHarpoon
    25. Converter
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    28. Converter
    29. Wind
    30. Converter
    31. Wind
    32. CorsairDestroyer
    33. Converter
    34. Wind
    35. Converter
    36. Wind
    37. Converter
    38. Wind
    39. Converter ×2
    40. Wind ×2
    41. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    42. Converter ×2
    43. Wind
    44. Converter ×2
    45. AnemoneAnemone
    46. Wind
    47. Energy storage
    48. Converter
    49. Wind
    50. Con turret
    51. Wind ×4
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Wind
    54. CorsairDestroyer
    55. Wind
    56. Pit BullPit Bull
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Con turret
    59. Wind
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    63. Wind
    64. DolphinDolphin
    65. Wind
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Con turret
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Wind
    70. DolphinDolphin
    71. Construction ShipCon ship
    72. Wind
    73. SkaterSkater
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind
    78. Con turret
    79. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    82. Wind ×2
    83. Construction ShipCon ship
    84. Wind
    85. Construction ShipCon ship
    86. DolphinDolphin
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin ×2
    89. Wind
    90. SkaterSkater
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Wind
    93. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    94. Wind
    95. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    96. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    97. Wind
    98. Construction ShipCon ship
    99. Tidal
    100. Construction ShipCon ship
    101. Wind
    102. Construction ShipCon ship
    103. Tidal ×2
    104. Wind
    105. Tidal
    106. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:47
    107. Tidal ×3
    108. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    109. Tidal ×5
    110. Con turret
    111. Construction ShipCon ship
    112. Tidal
    113. Con turret
    114. Tidal
    115. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    116. Tidal ×2
    117. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:47
    118. Tidal
    119. Mex
    120. Tidal ×2
    121. Wind
    122. Tidal
    123. Wind
    124. Con turret
    125. Tidal
    126. Converter
    127. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    128. Tidal
    129. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    130. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 04/08/2026); 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 63% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:41 · 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

Thurley

35.9 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
206 metal received · 48629 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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