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

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is waine's (35 OS, 19/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 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

waine

35.2 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

4 received units · includes a constructor
69 metal received · 72988 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

Played most by

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