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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 · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:00 · 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 · 9 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Mex
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Mex
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. PawnPawn
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:47 · 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: 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 · 28 steps
    1. Mex
    2. SkaterSkater ×2
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Mex
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Tidal
    8. Con turret
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Tidal
    11. Mex
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind
    14. Tidal
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Mex
    17. Tidal
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Wind
    20. Tidal
    21. DolphinDolphin
    22. Mex
    23. Wind
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Wind ×2
    26. AnemoneAnemone
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Wind ×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 (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 · 161 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Wind ×3
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Wind
    7. EelSubmarinedone 5:37 · typical 4:21
    8. Wind ×5
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Con turret
    11. Wind
    12. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    13. Wind ×2
    14. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:22 · typical 5:36
    15. Mex
    16. Converter
    17. Wind
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. CorsairDestroyer
    20. Converter
    21. Wind
    22. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    23. Converter
    24. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    25. Con turret
    26. SkaterSkater
    27. Converter
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. DolphinDolphin ×2
    30. Wind
    31. HarpoonHarpoon
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. Wind
    34. DolphinDolphin
    35. Wind ×2
    36. DolphinDolphin
    37. Wind ×2
    38. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:47 · typical 9:17
    41. CorsairDestroyer
    42. Wind ×2
    43. Con turret
    44. Wind ×8
    45. CorsairDestroyer
    46. Wind ×2
    47. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    48. Wind ×2
    49. DolphinDolphin
    50. Wind
    51. Energy storage
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. DolphinDolphin
    58. Wind
    59. Converter
    60. DolphinDolphin ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. Energy storage
    63. SkaterSkater ×2
    64. Converter
    65. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. Converter
    69. Con turret
    70. Construction ShipCon ship
    71. Wind ×3
    72. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    73. Wind
    74. Naval Construction Turret
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Naval Construction Turret
    77. SkaterSkater
    78. Wind ×3
    79. SkaterSkater
    80. Wind ×3
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Tidal
    83. Converter
    84. DolphinDolphin
    85. Tidal
    86. Converter
    87. Wind
    88. DolphinDolphin
    89. Converter
    90. Tidal
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Wind
    93. Tidal
    94. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    95. Converter
    96. Wind
    97. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    98. Tidal
    99. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    100. Converter
    101. DolphinDolphin
    102. Wind
    103. Tidal
    104. DolphinDolphin
    105. Converter
    106. Tidal
    107. DolphinDolphin
    108. Tidal
    109. Wind
    110. Converter
    111. DolphinDolphin
    112. Tidal
    113. Wind
    114. DolphinDolphin
    115. Tidal
    116. DolphinDolphin
    117. Wind
    118. DolphinDolphin
    119. Wind
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. DolphinDolphin
    122. Wind
    123. DolphinDolphin ×2
    124. Wind
    125. DolphinDolphin ×2
    126. Wind
    127. DolphinDolphin ×4
    128. Wind
    129. DolphinDolphin ×2
    130. CorsairDestroyer
    131. Wind
    132. CorsairDestroyer
    133. DolphinDolphin ×8
    134. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 13:24
    135. DolphinDolphin ×2
    136. SkaterSkater ×2
    137. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 14:50
    138. SkaterSkater
    139. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    140. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    141. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    142. Construction ShipCon ship
    143. VoyagerVoyager
    144. Construction ShipCon ship
    145. VoyagerVoyager
    146. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    147. VoyagerVoyager
    148. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    149. VoyagerVoyager
    150. Naval Construction Turret
    151. VoyagerVoyager
    152. Naval Construction Turret
    153. HavenHaven
    154. Naval Construction Turret
    155. HavenHaven
    156. Naval Construction Turret
    157. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractornot finished by 15:00
    158. Naval Construction Turret
    159. SkaterSkater ×3
    160. Naval Construction Turret
    161. SkaterSkater

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Crazydogg's (36 OS, 16/08/2026); 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

Crazydogg

35.9 OS · 16/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1058 metal received · 70896 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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