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Standard geo sea

The role's normal opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, an early submarine and destroyer to contest the sea, and a geothermal around 7:45 to fund the transition into destroyers, fast assault corvettes and assault frigates.

Usually shipyard in the cove (87%)

#naval #eco · 693 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 741 · 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 693 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 (45%)

    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 1:05 · 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 (45%) · con turret (37%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 15 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. LazarusLazarus
    6. Windfor Air
    7. Construction BotCon bot
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Con turret
    12. Mex
    13. CrossbowCrossbow
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:10 · 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 (45%) · submarine (44%) · con turret (32%) · converter (31%) · pawn (31%)

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

    The example game in this phase · 26 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Converter
    4. Mex
    5. Converter
    6. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    7. Construction ShipCon ship
    8. Converter ×3
    9. EelSubmarinedone 3:58 · typical 4:22
    10. Mex ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Energy storage
    15. Wind
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. Wind
    21. NettleNettle
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. Wind
    24. SkaterSkater
    25. Mex
    26. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
  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 (41%) · geo (39%) · 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 · 100 steps
    1. Wind
    2. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:49 · typical 5:33
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Wind ×2
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. SentrySentry
    7. CorsairDestroyer
    8. EllysawFrigate ×2
    9. Wind
    10. EllysawFrigate
    11. Wind
    12. CorsairDestroyer
    13. SentrySentry
    14. Wind
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. EllysawFrigate
    19. Construction BotCon bot
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. BeamerBeamer
    22. Mex ×4
    23. LazarusLazarus
    24. Mex
    25. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    26. SentrySentry
    27. Mex ×2
    28. Con turret
    29. SentrySentry
    30. Wind
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 11:02 · typical 9:17
    32. Construction ShipCon ship
    33. Wind
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. SeekerSeeker
    36. Construction ShipCon ship
    37. Mex
    38. Wind
    39. Mex
    40. Naval Construction Turret
    41. Con turret
    42. SeekerSeeker
    43. Wind
    44. Tidal
    45. SeekerSeeker
    46. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Tidal
    49. SentrySentry
    50. Wind
    51. Tidal ×2
    52. SentrySentry
    53. Wind ×2
    54. Tidal
    55. SentrySentry
    56. Wind
    57. Tidal
    58. Wind
    59. Tidal
    60. Wind
    61. SentrySentry
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Tidal
    64. Wind ×3
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. EllysawFrigate
    67. Wind
    68. Tidal
    69. Wind
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Wind
    72. EllysawFrigate
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind ×2
    76. CorsairDestroyer
    77. Tidal
    78. Wind
    79. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    80. Tidal
    81. Wind ×3
    82. SkaterSkater
    83. Tidal
    84. Wind
    85. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind ×2
    88. EllysawFrigate
    89. Tidal
    90. Wind
    91. CorsairDestroyer
    92. Wind ×2
    93. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    94. Wind ×3
    95. SkaterSkater
    96. Wind ×2
    97. SkaterSkater
    98. Wind ×2
    99. BeamerBeamer
    100. Wind ×3

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (38 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 63% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 75% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% 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

741 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160700
4:002932051
5:00414717574
6:005548540325
7:0071051003651
8:00875417801049
9:001064625511666
10:001294434762256
11:001568346973140
12:001869357553865
13:002202969034733
14:002570080755602
15:002911091726665
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

37.8 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
294 metal received · 35774 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=719
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=732
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:37 · n=441
Corsair5:33Middle 50%: 4:48–6:34 · n=685
Geothermal Powerplant7:40Middle 50%: 6:45–9:04 · n=458
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=645

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