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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 · 740 distinct matches · 101 players · 80% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 790 · 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 740 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 · 4 steps
    1. Wind
    2. Mex ×3
    3. Wind
    4. 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 · 44 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. Wind ×2
    3. CrossbowCrossbow
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. LazarusLazarus
    7. CrossbowCrossbow
    8. Construction BotCon bot ×3
    9. Mex
    10. Con turret
    11. Energy storage
    12. Mex
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. Con turret
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 5:22 · typical 7:46
    17. NettleNettle
    18. Mex
    19. Wind ×5
    20. SentrySentry ×2
    21. Wind ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. NettleNettle
    25. Wind
    26. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    27. Wind ×4
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower ×2
    29. Mex
    30. Con turret
    31. Mex
    32. Con turret
    33. Converter
    34. SentrySentry
    35. Converter
    36. Con turret
    37. Converter
    38. SentrySentry
    39. Converter
    40. Con turret
    41. Converter ×2
    42. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    43. SentrySentry ×2
    44. ShipyardShipyarddone 7:03 · 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 (32%)

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

  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 · 99 steps
    1. NettleNettle
    2. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. NettleNettle
    5. DolphinDolphin
    6. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:06 · typical 9:17
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. AnemoneAnemone
    10. Wind ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind ×2
    13. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:23
    14. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. PawnPawn
    18. Wind
    19. PawnPawn ×2
    20. Wind
    21. PawnPawn
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Wind
    24. PawnPawn
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Wind
    29. RocketeerRocketeer
    30. Wind
    31. RocketeerRocketeer
    32. Wind
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Wind
    35. Metal storage
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. Wind
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 9:57
    39. Wind
    40. ShipyardShipyarddone 10:04
    41. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    42. Wind
    43. EelSubmarinedone 10:17 · typical 4:21
    44. Wind
    45. EelSubmarine ×2
    46. Construction BotCon bot
    47. Wind
    48. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    49. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    50. Wind
    51. Con turret
    52. DolphinDolphin
    53. Construction BotCon bot
    54. DolphinDolphin
    55. Con turret
    56. DolphinDolphin ×5
    57. Con turret
    58. DolphinDolphin ×2
    59. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    60. DolphinDolphin ×2
    61. Con turret
    62. DolphinDolphin ×2
    63. BeamerBeamer
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. DolphinDolphin ×5
    66. Con turret
    67. BeamerBeamer
    68. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    69. Con turret
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Con turret
    72. Wind ×2
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Con turret
    75. Wind ×2
    76. DolphinDolphin
    77. Wind
    78. DolphinDolphin
    79. Wind
    80. Con turret
    81. DolphinDolphin
    82. Wind ×2
    83. DolphinDolphin
    84. Wind ×2
    85. DolphinDolphin
    86. Wind
    87. Con turret
    88. DolphinDolphin ×2
    89. Wind
    90. Con turret
    91. DolphinDolphin
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret ×2
    94. Energy storage
    95. Con turret ×8
    96. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 14:09
    97. PlatypusPlatypus ×17
    98. NettleNettle
    99. PlatypusPlatypus

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is RAM_Achillesmsg's (41 OS, 19/08/2026); 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

790 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160200
4:002921051
5:00414517874
6:005554545312
7:0071121005650
8:00877917781052
9:001068425531692
10:001296035132275
11:001568547053186
12:001866757873969
13:002186169034813
14:002557480275681
15:002902591296705
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

RAM_Achillesmsg

41.1 OS · 19/08/2026

Open source match ↗

12 received units · includes a constructor
1091 metal received · 43809 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=758
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=779
Eel4:21Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=472
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=729
Geothermal Powerplant7:46Middle 50%: 6:48–9:15 · n=481
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:37–10:06 · n=688

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