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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×4
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:12 · 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 · 4 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×3
    2. Construction BotCon bot ×6
    3. Mex
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:21 · 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 · 16 steps
    1. Con turret
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. Mex
    4. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:05 · typical 5:36
    5. Con turret
    6. Energy storage
    7. Wind
    8. Mex
    9. Wind ×2
    10. BeamerBeamer
    11. Construction BotCon bot
    12. Wind
    13. AnemoneAnemone
    14. TickTick
    15. Wind ×2
    16. Construction BotCon bot
  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 · 62 steps
    1. Wind
    2. EllysawFrigate
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. EelSubmarinedone 6:59 · typical 4:22
    7. BeamerBeamer
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Wind
    10. Mex ×2
    11. AnemoneAnemone
    12. Wind ×3
    13. BeamerBeamer
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Construction ShipCon ship
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Wind ×2
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:46
    20. Wind
    21. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    22. Wind
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. Wind ×6
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Wind
    27. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:58 · typical 9:19
    28. EllysawFrigate
    29. Wind
    30. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    31. Wind ×2
    32. EllysawFrigate
    33. SkaterSkater
    34. Wind ×2
    35. EelSubmarine
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. EelSubmarine
    38. Wind
    39. EelSubmarine
    40. Wind
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind
    45. TickTick
    46. Wind
    47. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    48. TickTick
    49. Wind
    50. TickTick
    51. ShipyardShipyarddone 11:24
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    53. Wind
    54. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    55. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    58. CorsairDestroyer ×2
    59. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    60. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    61. CorsairDestroyer
    62. EllysawFrigate ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is HuntressesofArtemis's (36 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

HuntressesofArtemis

35.8 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
614 metal received · 24720 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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