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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 · 803 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 859 · 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 803 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 (43%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:21 · 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 2:50–3:37
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (36%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 22 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    3. Con turret
    4. Mex
    5. Wind
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. PawnPawn ×3
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. CrossbowCrossbow
    12. Mex
    13. PawnPawn ×2
    14. CrossbowCrossbow
    15. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    16. SentrySentry
    17. AnemoneAnemone
    18. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    19. BeamerBeamer
    20. GauntletGauntletnot finished by 15:00
    21. SentrySentry ×2
    22. ShipyardShipyarddone 4:51 · typical 3:11
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Dolphin3 Dolphin
    • Skater1 Skater
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: destroyer (50%) · submarine (44%) · Sentry (43%) · converter (33%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. DolphinDolphin ×2
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine12Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Grim Reaper2 Grim Reaper
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · Harpoon (40%) · geo (40%) · frigate (38%) · 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 · 147 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. NettleNettle
    5. SentrySentry
    6. SkaterSkater
    7. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:26 · typical 7:46
    8. CorsairDestroyerdone 7:41 · typical 5:36
    9. Mex ×2
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Mex ×3
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry ×2
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    15. Wind
    16. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    19. HarpoonHarpoon
    20. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    22. Wind
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×5
    26. NettleNettle
    27. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    28. NettleNettle
    29. Wind
    30. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    31. DolphinDolphin
    32. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    33. Wind
    34. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. NettleNettle
    37. Wind
    38. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    39. Wind
    40. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    41. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    44. Wind
    45. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    46. DolphinDolphin
    47. SentrySentry
    48. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    49. Wind
    50. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    51. DolphinDolphin
    52. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    53. Wind
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    59. Wind
    60. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:51 · typical 9:19
    62. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    63. SkaterSkater
    64. Wind
    65. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    66. Construction ShipCon ship
    67. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    68. CorsairDestroyer
    69. Wind
    70. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    71. Wind
    72. AnemoneAnemone
    73. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    74. Mex
    75. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    76. Wind
    77. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    80. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    81. Converter
    82. DolphinDolphin
    83. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    84. HarpoonHarpoon
    85. Converter
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Converter
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. DolphinDolphin
    90. Converter
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Converter ×2
    93. DolphinDolphin
    94. Converter ×2
    95. DolphinDolphin ×2
    96. Converter
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Converter
    99. CorsairDestroyer
    100. Converter
    101. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    102. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    103. DolphinDolphin
    104. Converter
    105. DolphinDolphin ×2
    106. Converter
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Converter
    109. DolphinDolphin
    110. Converter
    111. SkaterSkater
    112. Converter
    113. CorsairDestroyer
    114. Wind ×2
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Wind
    117. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    118. DolphinDolphin
    119. Wind
    120. DolphinDolphin
    121. Wind
    122. DolphinDolphin ×2
    123. Wind
    124. SkaterSkater
    125. Wind ×2
    126. DolphinDolphin ×2
    127. Wind
    128. DolphinDolphin
    129. Wind
    130. DolphinDolphin
    131. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    132. Wind
    133. DolphinDolphin
    134. Wind
    135. SkaterSkater
    136. Wind
    137. DolphinDolphin
    138. Wind
    139. DolphinDolphin ×3
    140. Metal storage
    141. DolphinDolphin
    142. Metal storage
    143. SkaterSkater
    144. DolphinDolphin ×5
    145. SkaterSkater
    146. HarpoonHarpoon
    147. Construction ShipCon ship ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is SusCheeze's (44 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Techfirst at 1:41 · in 60% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 73% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 61% 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

859 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160600
4:002902050
5:00414218160
6:005551546300
7:0071071003622
8:00873617131011
9:001061624701665
10:001290533572248
11:001549945763166
12:001850357073963
13:002176468664834
14:002543779055686
15:002895489996664
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

SusCheeze

44.1 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
1076 metal received · 37273 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=825
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:37 · n=848
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=505
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:52–6:35 · n=796
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:51–9:14 · n=521
Advanced Metal Extractor9:19Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=748

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