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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 · 741 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 791 · 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 741 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 ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Wind ×2for Air
    4. Wind
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:11 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. LazarusLazarus ×2
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Mex
    10. PawnPawn
    11. Mex
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:20 · 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 (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. EelSubmarinedone 3:56 · typical 4:21
    4. Mex
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Wind
    10. NettleNettle
    11. DolphinDolphin ×3
    12. Wind
    13. SentrySentry
    14. 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 · 118 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin ×2
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. Wind
    4. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:49 · typical 5:36
    5. HarpoonHarpoon
    6. SentrySentry
    7. Wind
    8. CorsairDestroyer
    9. Wind
    10. SentrySentry
    11. Wind
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. Energy storage
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    18. Wind
    19. Construction ShipCon ship
    20. SkaterSkater ×2
    21. Wind
    22. SkaterSkater ×2
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Construction ShipCon ship
    26. Mex
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. Wind
    29. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:27 · typical 9:17
    30. CorsairDestroyer
    31. Mex
    32. Wind
    33. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    34. Wind
    35. Mex
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. Naval Energy Converter ×3
    39. Wind
    40. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    41. Mex
    42. Naval Energy Converter
    43. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    44. Naval Metal Storage
    45. Naval Energy Converter
    46. Wind
    47. Naval Construction Turret
    48. Naval Energy Converter
    49. Mex
    50. Naval Energy Converter
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Wind
    53. Mex
    54. Naval Construction Turret
    55. Tidal
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. Tidal
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Naval Construction Turret
    60. Tidal
    61. Wind
    62. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    63. Tidal
    64. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 11:51
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Tidal
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal ×2
    69. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    70. Wind
    71. Tidal
    72. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    73. Tidal
    74. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    75. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. Tidal
    80. VoyagerVoyager ×2
    81. Wind
    82. VoyagerVoyager
    83. Tidal
    84. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:01
    85. Tidal
    86. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    87. Tidal ×2
    88. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    89. Wind
    90. Tidal
    91. Naval Energy Storage
    92. Tidal ×6
    93. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    94. Tidal ×3
    95. LongbowMissile cruiserdone 13:51
    96. Tidal ×2
    97. Wind
    98. Tidal
    99. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    100. Tidal ×4
    101. Wind
    102. Tidal ×5
    103. LongbowMissile cruiser
    104. Tidal ×2
    105. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    106. Wind
    107. Tidal ×4
    108. Wind
    109. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    110. Tidal ×10
    111. Wind
    112. Tidal ×6
    113. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    114. Tidal ×2
    115. LongbowMissile cruiser
    116. Tidal
    117. MaelstromMaelstromnot finished by 15:00
    118. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is ITz_HonestAbee's (35 OS, 07/09/2026); 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 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

791 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002919051
5:00414517674
6:005553544312
7:0071121005650
8:00877617751054
9:001068325511695
10:001295135102275
11:001568346973191
12:001864157823974
13:002185969034814
14:002555779955686
15:002902091276710
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

ITz_HonestAbee

35.3 OS · 07/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
464 metal received · 68738 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=759
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=780
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=473
Corsair5:36Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=730
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=482
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=689

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