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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 · 776 distinct matches · 105 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 829 · 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 776 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 (44%)

    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 2:49–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus

    Some games also: pawn (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. Mex
    6. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    7. Con turret
    8. Mex
    9. PawnPawn
    10. Mex
    11. Con turret
    12. SentrySentry
    13. Wind
    14. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    15. CrossbowCrossbow
    16. NettleNettle
    17. SentrySentry
    18. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:47 · 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 (43%) · converter (32%) · pawn (31%) · con turret (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 10 steps
    1. DolphinDolphin
    2. CrossbowCrossbow
    3. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Wind ×2
    10. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:17 · typical 5:35
  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
    • Dolphin4 Dolphin
    • Skater2 Skater
    • Corsair2 Destroyer

    Some games also: Radar Tower (48%) · geo (40%) · Harpoon (39%) · frigate (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 · 173 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex
    3. Wind ×2
    4. CorsairDestroyer
    5. Mex
    6. Wind ×2
    7. HarpoonHarpoon
    8. Converter
    9. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    10. Wind
    11. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    12. Wind
    13. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    14. Wind ×2
    15. HarpoonHarpoon
    16. CorsairDestroyer
    17. Converter
    18. Wind
    19. Mex
    20. Wind
    21. SkaterSkater
    22. Wind
    23. CorsairDestroyer
    24. Converter
    25. Mex
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Mex
    28. Wind
    29. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    30. Wind
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Converter
    33. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    34. Wind ×2
    35. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:06 · typical 9:17
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Converter
    40. CorsairDestroyer
    41. Construction ShipCon ship
    42. Wind
    43. Con turret
    44. Mex
    45. Construction ShipCon ship
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Con turret
    48. Energy storage
    49. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    50. Construction ShipCon ship
    51. Naval Construction Turret
    52. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. CorsairDestroyer
    55. Tidal
    56. Naval Construction Turret
    57. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal ×2
    60. Mex
    61. HarpoonHarpoon
    62. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    63. Wind
    64. Tidal
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal ×2
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. SkaterSkater
    71. Tidal
    72. HarpoonHarpoon
    73. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. Tidal
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Tidal
    79. Wind
    80. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    81. Wind
    82. Tidal
    83. Wind
    84. Tidal ×2
    85. Wind
    86. SkaterSkater
    87. Tidal
    88. Wind
    89. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    90. Tidal
    91. Wind
    92. Tidal
    93. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    94. Tidal
    95. Wind
    96. Tidal ×2
    97. Mex
    98. Wind
    99. SkaterSkater
    100. Tidal
    101. Wind
    102. DolphinDolphin
    103. Wind
    104. Tidal ×2
    105. Wind
    106. DolphinDolphin
    107. Tidal
    108. Wind
    109. Naval Energy Converter
    110. DolphinDolphin
    111. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    112. Wind
    113. Tidal
    114. Wind
    115. DolphinDolphin
    116. Wind
    117. Tidal ×2
    118. DolphinDolphin
    119. Wind
    120. Mex
    121. Tidal
    122. SkaterSkater
    123. Naval Energy Converter
    124. DolphinDolphin
    125. Wind
    126. Tidal
    127. SkaterSkater
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    131. Wind
    132. Tidal
    133. DolphinDolphin
    134. Tidal
    135. Naval Energy Converter
    136. SkaterSkater
    137. Naval Construction Turret
    138. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    139. Tidal
    140. DolphinDolphin
    141. Naval Construction Turret
    142. Mex
    143. Tidal
    144. SkaterSkater
    145. Naval Energy Converter
    146. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    147. Naval Construction Turret ×2
    148. Tidal
    149. Con turret
    150. DolphinDolphin
    151. Tidal
    152. SkaterSkater
    153. Naval Energy Storage
    154. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    155. Tidal
    156. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    157. Naval Energy Converter
    158. DolphinDolphin
    159. Tidal ×2
    160. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:41
    161. SkaterSkater
    162. Tidal
    163. Naval Energy Converter
    164. Tidal
    165. Naval Construction Turret
    166. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    167. Tidal
    168. Naval Construction Turret
    169. DolphinDolphin
    170. Naval Construction Turret
    171. Tidal
    172. Naval Energy Converter
    173. Naval Construction Turret

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _X_'s (40 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 61% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 74% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:05 · in 62% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:40 · 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

829 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002912051
5:00414517674
6:005555541301
7:0071101003641
8:00875417301046
9:001062425061671
10:001291933772271
11:001552046113171
12:001857557173916
13:002179968994811
14:002544779425645
15:002892190156584
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

_X_

40.1 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

2 received units · includes a constructor
3334 metal received · 48334 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=796
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:49–3:36 · n=818
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=487
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=766
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:48–9:14 · n=502
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=722

Played most by

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