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Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1366 distinct matches · 174 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1522 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

  1. Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
  2. Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
  3. Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
  4. Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
  5. Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1366 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 (46%)

    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 2:48–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (41%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (38%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Wind
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Mex
    6. TickTick
    7. Con turret
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:09 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine2Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 23 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Mex
    4. Con turret
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Mex
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Wind
    13. Mex
    14. LazarusLazarus
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Converter
    23. Wind ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter3Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper1 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 109 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Converter
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. Converter
    7. Wind
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Converter
    10. Wind
    11. EelSubmarinedone 6:00 · typical 4:27
    12. Converter
    13. Wind
    14. Mex
    15. Wind ×2
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Wind
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Mex
    22. EelSubmarine ×3
    23. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    24. Mex
    25. EelSubmarine
    26. Energy storage
    27. EelSubmarine
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Wind
    30. EelSubmarine
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Wind
    33. DolphinDolphin
    34. Wind ×2
    35. DolphinDolphin ×2
    36. Wind
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Construction ShipCon ship
    39. Wind ×2
    40. DolphinDolphin
    41. Wind
    42. DolphinDolphin
    43. Wind
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    46. Wind
    47. DolphinDolphin
    48. Wind
    49. DolphinDolphin ×2
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin ×4
    52. Wind
    53. DolphinDolphin ×4
    54. Wind
    55. DolphinDolphin ×3
    56. SkaterSkater
    57. Wind
    58. SkaterSkater ×2
    59. Mex
    60. SkaterSkater ×2
    61. Wind
    62. Construction ShipCon ship
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:20 · typical 9:20
    64. Con turret
    65. Wind
    66. Con turret
    67. Mex
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. Naval Metal Storage
    72. Wind
    73. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:37
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. Mex
    76. Wind
    77. Mex
    78. ShipyardEat Shipyardreclaimed for its metal
    79. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    80. Wind
    81. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    82. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    83. Mex
    84. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    85. Bot LabBot Labdone 12:43
    86. VoyagerVoyager ×4
    87. PawnPawn
    88. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    89. PawnPawn
    90. VoyagerVoyager
    91. PawnPawn
    92. VoyagerVoyager
    93. PawnPawn ×6
    94. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    95. PawnPawn
    96. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:06
    97. PawnPawn ×6
    98. Tidal ×2
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    100. VoyagerVoyager
    101. Tidal
    102. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    103. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    104. Tidal ×2
    105. VoyagerVoyager
    106. Tidal ×2
    107. VoyagerVoyager
    108. Tidal
    109. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Sewer_Rat's (31 OS, 08/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% 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

1522 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00159900
4:002876040
5:00412519054
6:005516531294
7:007053988625
8:00871716811028
9:001057124591592
10:001280033632241
11:001537844273115
12:001846254733815
13:002179564554611
14:002540875645386
15:002899384626190
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

  • + Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
  • + Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
  • − Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Sewer_Rat

30.7 OS · 08/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
1270 metal received · 76332 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=1479
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1501
Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:38 · n=926
Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1401
Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:49–9:30 · n=961
Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1332

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