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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 · 6 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Wind ×2for Air
    5. Energy storage
    6. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:41 · 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 · 6 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    2. CrossbowCrossbow
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:07 · 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 · 17 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. Construction ShipCon ship
    4. Mex
    5. DolphinDolphin ×2
    6. EelSubmarinedone 3:52 · typical 4:22
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Mex ×2
    10. DolphinDolphin ×2
    11. Mex
    12. DolphinDolphin
    13. Mex
    14. DolphinDolphin
    15. CorsairDestroyernot finished by 15:00 · typical 5:33
    16. Construction ShipCon ship
    17. EelSubmarinefor Air
  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 · 208 steps
    1. EelSubmarine
    2. Mex
    3. CorsairDestroyer
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. CorsairDestroyer
    7. Mex
    8. DolphinDolphin ×2
    9. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    10. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:32 · typical 7:40
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Naval Construction Turret
    13. DolphinDolphin ×2
    14. Construction ShipCon ship
    15. Naval Construction Turret
    16. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:12 · typical 9:17
    17. CorsairDestroyer
    18. Tidal
    19. Wind
    20. Con turret
    21. Tidal
    22. SkaterSkater
    23. Wind
    24. Tidal
    25. SkaterSkater
    26. Tidal
    27. Construction ShipCon ship
    28. Tidal
    29. Converter
    30. Wind
    31. Construction ShipCon ship
    32. Converter
    33. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    34. Tidal
    35. Converter
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. Converter
    39. Tidal
    40. Naval Energy Converter
    41. Converter
    42. Con turret
    43. Naval Energy Storage
    44. Tidal
    45. Naval Energy Converter
    46. Mex
    47. Naval Energy Converter
    48. Wind
    49. Naval Energy Storage
    50. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    51. Naval Energy Converter
    52. Con turret
    53. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 10:59
    54. Wind
    55. Energy storage
    56. Mex
    57. Con turret
    58. Naval Energy Converter
    59. Wind
    60. Mex
    61. Naval Energy Converter
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    63. Wind
    64. Naval Energy Converter ×2
    65. Con turret
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Con turret
    68. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    69. Naval Energy Converter
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. Con turret
    72. Naval Energy Converter
    73. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    74. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    75. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    76. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×2
    77. Naval Energy Storage
    78. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth ×4
    79. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantdone 12:36
    80. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    81. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    82. Wind
    83. Naval Energy Storage
    84. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    85. Wind
    86. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    87. Wind
    88. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    89. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    90. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    91. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    92. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    93. Wind
    94. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    95. VoyagerVoyager
    96. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    97. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    98. HarpoonHarpoon
    99. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 12:19
    100. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    101. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    102. Wind
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    104. VoyagerVoyager
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    106. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    107. Wind
    108. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    109. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    110. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    111. VoyagerVoyager
    112. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    113. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    114. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    115. Wind
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    117. Naval NettleNaval Nettle
    118. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    119. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    120. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    121. Wind
    122. Fusion ReactorFusiondone 13:38
    123. VoyagerVoyager
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    125. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    126. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    127. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    128. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    129. Wind
    130. Con turret
    131. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    132. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    133. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    134. Wind
    135. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    136. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    137. VoyagerVoyager
    138. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    139. Wind
    140. Con turret
    141. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    142. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    143. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    144. Wind
    145. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    146. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    147. Shark's TeethShark's Teeth
    148. Wind
    149. Con turret
    150. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    151. HarpoonHarpoon
    152. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    153. Wind
    154. Con turret
    155. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    156. Wind
    157. Con turret
    158. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    159. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    160. Wind
    161. Con turret
    162. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    163. Con turret
    164. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    165. Con turret
    166. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    167. Naval Metal Storage
    168. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    169. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    170. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    171. Fusion ReactorFusion
    172. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    173. Converter ×2
    174. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    175. Converter
    176. Naval Construction Turret
    177. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    178. Converter
    179. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    180. Converter
    181. Naval Construction Turret
    182. Converter
    183. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    184. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    185. Converter
    186. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    187. Converter
    188. Naval Construction Turret
    189. Converter
    190. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    191. Converter
    192. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    193. Converter
    194. Naval Construction Turret
    195. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    196. Converter ×2
    197. Naval Construction Turret
    198. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    199. Converter
    200. Naval Construction Turret
    201. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    202. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    203. Converter
    204. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    205. Converter
    206. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    207. Converter
    208. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is iLike2Eco's (36 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

iLike2Eco

35.5 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

9 received units · includes a constructor
1658 metal received · 103970 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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