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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:16 · 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 · 5 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus
    3. Wind
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:16 · 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 · 20 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Mex
    3. Con turret
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. PawnPawnfor Air
    6. Con turret
    7. Energy storage
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. Mex
    16. SkaterSkater
    17. DolphinDolphin ×2
    18. Mex
    19. CorsairDestroyerdone 5:10 · typical 5:35
    20. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 6:49 · typical 7:45
  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 · 74 steps
    1. Mex
    2. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin ×4
    5. CorsairDestroyer
    6. Wind ×2
    7. Converter
    8. Wind
    9. CorsairDestroyer
    10. Converter
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:22 · typical 9:17
    14. Wind
    15. DolphinDolphin
    16. Converter
    17. DolphinDolphin
    18. Converter
    19. DolphinDolphin
    20. SkaterSkater
    21. DolphinDolphin ×3
    22. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    23. SkaterSkater
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    26. DolphinDolphin ×3
    27. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    28. EelSubmarinedone 9:19 · typical 4:22
    29. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    30. Mex
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    32. DolphinDolphin
    33. CorsairDestroyer
    34. Con turret
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Construction BotCon bot
    37. DolphinDolphin
    38. Mex
    39. DolphinDolphin ×4
    40. RiptideFrigatedone 10:35
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. SkaterSkater
    43. CorsairDestroyer
    44. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    45. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    46. CorsairDestroyer
    47. DolphinDolphin ×10
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. SkaterSkater ×2
    51. Con turret
    52. SkaterSkater ×2
    53. CorsairDestroyer
    54. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    55. Advanced solar
    56. CorsairDestroyer
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. RiptideFrigate
    59. Advanced solar
    60. CorsairDestroyer
    61. DolphinDolphin ×4
    62. CorsairDestroyer
    63. Con turret
    64. DolphinDolphin ×8
    65. Naval Construction Turret
    66. DolphinDolphin
    67. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    68. Tidal
    69. DolphinDolphin
    70. Mex
    71. DolphinDolphin
    72. RiptideFrigate
    73. DolphinDolphin
    74. Tidal

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is JustSomeGuy'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

JustSomeGuy

40.5 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

10 received units · includes a constructor
2241 metal received · 32007 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

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