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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 ×3
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:06 · 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. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:48 · 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 · 19 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. Mex
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. DolphinDolphin ×2
    7. NettleNettle
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. SkaterSkater
    10. Mex ×2
    11. DolphinDolphin ×2
    12. Mex
    13. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:49 · typical 7:46
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. CorsairDestroyerdone 4:59 · typical 5:36
    18. Mex ×2
    19. Radar TowerRadar Tower
  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 · 119 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. SentrySentry
    3. DolphinDolphin
    4. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    5. Con turret
    6. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    7. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    8. SentrySentry
    9. Construction ShipCon ship
    10. Con turret
    11. SentrySentry
    12. Construction ShipCon ship
    13. Mex
    14. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    15. Mex
    16. Naval Energy Converter
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. SentrySentry
    19. Tidal
    20. Naval Energy Converter
    21. Tidal
    22. Naval Energy Converter
    23. CorsairDestroyerfor Beach sea
    24. Tidal
    25. Naval Energy Converter
    26. Tidal
    27. Naval Energy Converter
    28. NettleNettle
    29. Tidal
    30. Naval Energy Converter
    31. Tidal
    32. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:56 · typical 9:17
    33. Tidal
    34. Naval Energy Converter
    35. Tidal
    36. Naval Energy Converter
    37. Tidal
    38. Naval Energy Converter
    39. Tidal
    40. Naval Energy Converter
    41. Mex
    42. Tidal
    43. Con turret
    44. Naval Energy Converter
    45. Tidal
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Naval Energy Converter
    48. Con turret
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Tidal ×2
    51. Naval Energy Converter
    52. Construction ShipCon ship
    53. Tidal ×3
    54. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:09
    55. Tidal
    56. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    57. Tidal ×3
    58. Con turret
    59. Tidal ×2
    60. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    61. Tidal
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. VoyagerVoyager
    64. Tidal
    65. VoyagerVoyager
    66. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor ×2done 10:54
    67. Con turret ×3
    68. VoyagerVoyager
    69. Con turret ×2
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. VoyagerVoyager
    72. Con turret ×2
    73. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    74. Con turret ×3
    75. Wind
    76. Con turret
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Con turret
    79. Wind
    80. PlatypusPlatypus
    81. Wind
    82. VoyagerVoyager
    83. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    84. Wind ×3
    85. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    86. Wind
    87. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    88. PlatypusPlatypus
    89. Wind ×2
    90. PlatypusPlatypus ×5
    91. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    92. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    93. Advanced solar
    94. PlatypusPlatypus
    95. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    96. PlatypusPlatypus
    97. Advanced solar
    98. PlatypusPlatypus ×3
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    100. Advanced solar
    101. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    102. Advanced solar
    103. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    104. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    105. Advanced solar
    106. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    107. BeamerBeamer
    108. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:07
    109. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    110. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    111. PlatypusPlatypus ×2
    112. BlitzBlitz
    113. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 14:16
    114. PlatypusPlatypus
    115. BlitzBlitz ×4
    116. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    117. BlitzBlitz ×28
    118. Dragon's ClawDragon's Claw
    119. BlitzBlitz ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Thurley's (36 OS, 04/08/2026); 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

Thurley

35.9 OS · 04/08/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
1032 metal received · 60444 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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