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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:04 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Windfor Air
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. CrossbowCrossbow
    10. Con turret
    11. Mex
    12. CrossbowCrossbowfor Beach sea
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:19 · 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 (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 24 steps
    1. PawnPawn ×2
    2. Mex
    3. Converter ×2
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. Converter
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:47 · typical 4:22
    7. Mex
    8. Converter
    9. Mex
    10. Energy storage
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. Mex
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    20. Wind
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Wind
    23. SentrySentry
    24. 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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · 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 · 108 steps
    1. Converter
    2. Wind
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Converter
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
    11. Wind
    12. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:16 · typical 5:35
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. CorsairDestroyer
    16. Wind
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind ×4
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. Wind
    21. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    22. Wind
    23. NettleNettle
    24. Wind ×3
    25. EllysawFrigate
    26. Wind ×2
    27. NettleNettle
    28. Wind ×2
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:39 · typical 9:17
    30. Wind
    31. EllysawFrigate
    32. Wind
    33. Converter ×3
    34. EllysawFrigate
    35. CorsairDestroyer
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    38. Wind ×2
    39. Mex
    40. Wind ×3
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Wind ×2
    43. EllysawFrigate
    44. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    45. Wind
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    47. Wind ×3
    48. EllysawFrigate
    49. Wind
    50. CorsairDestroyer
    51. Wind ×3
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. EllysawFrigate ×3
    55. CorsairDestroyer
    56. Metal storage
    57. Con turret ×2
    58. EllysawFrigate
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. Con turret
    61. Wind
    62. EllysawFrigate
    63. Wind
    64. EllysawFrigate
    65. Con turret
    66. Wind ×2
    67. Construction ShipCon ship
    68. Metal storage
    69. EllysawFrigate ×2
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind
    72. Tidal
    73. Wind
    74. CorsairDestroyer
    75. Tidal
    76. Wind
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. Tidal
    79. CorsairDestroyer
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Tidal
    82. Wind
    83. Tidal
    84. EllysawFrigate
    85. Tidal
    86. Wind
    87. EllysawFrigate
    88. Tidal
    89. Wind ×2
    90. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:56
    91. Wind ×3
    92. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    93. Wind ×3
    94. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    95. Wind ×2
    96. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind
    99. DreadnoughtBattleshipdone 14:52
    100. SkaterSkater
    101. Wind ×2
    102. SkaterSkater
    103. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    104. Wind
    105. SkaterSkater
    106. PaladinCruisernot finished by 15:00
    107. Wind
    108. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 29/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

sirniho

37.5 OS · 29/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
620 metal received · 70017 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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