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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 · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Windfor Air
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:10 · 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 · 12 steps
    1. Windfor Air
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. Wind ×3
    4. Construction BotCon bot
    5. Con turret
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Mex
    9. LazarusLazarus ×2
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Mex ×2
    12. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:48 · 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: 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. Energy storage
    2. Construction ShipCon ship
    3. SkaterSkater
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Wind
    6. Mex
    7. DolphinDolphin
    8. Wind
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Wind
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Wind
    15. EelSubmarinedone 4:57 · typical 4:22
    16. Wind
    17. DolphinDolphin
  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 · 72 steps
    1. Wind
    2. DolphinDolphin ×4
    3. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. SkaterSkater
    6. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 7:25 · typical 7:40
    7. DolphinDolphin ×2
    8. BeamerBeamer
    9. Mex
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. SentrySentry
    12. DolphinDolphin ×2
    13. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 8:06 · typical 9:17
    14. EelSubmarine
    15. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    16. DolphinDolphin
    17. Converter
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. SentrySentry
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Converter
    22. DolphinDolphin
    23. SentrySentry
    24. DolphinDolphin
    25. Converter
    26. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    27. SkaterSkater
    28. Construction ShipCon ship
    29. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    30. SentrySentry
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Converter
    33. DolphinDolphin ×2
    34. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    35. DolphinDolphin
    36. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    37. SentrySentry
    38. Converter
    39. DolphinDolphin ×2
    40. EelSubmarine
    41. DolphinDolphin
    42. SentrySentry
    43. Converter
    44. DolphinDolphin
    45. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    46. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    47. SentrySentry
    48. DolphinDolphin
    49. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    50. Wind
    51. DolphinDolphin ×2
    52. SkaterSkater
    53. Wind
    54. Construction ShipCon ship
    55. SkaterSkater
    56. Wind
    57. DolphinDolphin ×4
    58. Wind
    59. DolphinDolphin
    60. EelSubmarine
    61. Wind
    62. CorsairDestroyerdone 12:09 · typical 5:33
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. CorsairDestroyer
    65. Wind
    66. CorsairDestroyer
    67. Wind
    68. DolphinDolphin
    69. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    70. Wind
    71. DolphinDolphin ×3
    72. CorsairDestroyer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Damsko's (39 OS, 26/09/2026); 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

Damsko

39.0 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
68 metal received · 46302 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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