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Standard geo sea

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 · 729 distinct matches · 101 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 778 · 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 729 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 1:17 · 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 (44%) · con turret (38%) · crossbow (35%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. LazarusLazarus
    5. ShipyardShipyarddone 2:37 · 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 (44%) · converter (32%) · con turret (31%) · pawn (31%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 18 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus
    2. SkaterSkater
    3. PawnPawn
    4. SkaterSkater
    5. EelSubmarinedone 3:11 · typical 4:22
    6. Mex
    7. Construction ShipCon ship ×2
    8. Mex ×2
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. Mex
    11. DolphinDolphin ×3
    12. Mex
    13. DolphinDolphin
    14. Mex
    15. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    16. Energy storage
    17. Mex
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar 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 (49%) · frigate (40%) · geo (40%) · 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 · 182 steps
    1. SkaterSkater
    2. EelSubmarine
    3. Mex
    4. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    5. Wind
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. DolphinDolphin
    9. Wind
    10. DolphinDolphin
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    13. Wind
    14. DolphinDolphin ×2
    15. Wind
    16. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    17. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    18. Wind
    19. SkaterSkater
    20. EelSubmarine
    21. Wind
    22. DolphinDolphin ×3
    23. Mex
    24. Construction ShipCon ship
    25. Wind
    26. Mex
    27. Naval Construction Turret
    28. DolphinDolphin
    29. Wind
    30. DolphinDolphin
    31. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:34 · typical 9:17
    32. Naval Construction Turret
    33. Mex
    34. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper
    35. Tidal
    36. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    37. Wind
    38. Bot LabBot Labdone 8:53
    39. Tidal
    40. SkaterSkater
    41. Tidal
    42. EelSubmarine
    43. Wind
    44. Tidal
    45. DolphinDolphin
    46. Naval Construction Turret
    47. Construction ShipCon ship
    48. SkaterSkater
    49. Construction BotCon bot
    50. Wind
    51. Tidal
    52. Construction BotCon bot
    53. Tidal ×2
    54. Construction BotCon bot
    55. Tidal
    56. Construction BotCon bot
    57. Tidal
    58. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    59. Wind
    60. Tidal
    61. Construction BotCon bot
    62. Con turret
    63. Tidal
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Tidal
    67. Construction BotCon bot
    68. Wind
    69. Construction BotCon bot
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Tidal
    72. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 11:04 · typical 7:45
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Tidal
    75. Wind
    76. Construction BotCon bot
    77. Tidal ×2
    78. Wind
    79. Seaplane PlatformSeaplane Platformdone 11:05
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    81. Wind ×3
    82. Con turret
    83. TsunamiTsunami
    84. Wind
    85. Con turret
    86. TsunamiTsunami
    87. Converter
    88. Con turret
    89. Wind
    90. TsunamiTsunami
    91. Con turret
    92. Wind
    93. Con turret
    94. Mex
    95. TsunamiTsunami
    96. Wind
    97. SentrySentry
    98. Wind
    99. TsunamiTsunami
    100. Wind
    101. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    102. Wind
    103. TsunamiTsunami
    104. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    105. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    106. Wind
    107. BeholderBeholder
    108. TsunamiTsunami
    109. SentrySentry
    110. CycloneCyclone
    111. Converter
    112. Wind
    113. CycloneCyclone
    114. Wind
    115. CycloneCyclone
    116. Wind ×4
    117. CycloneCyclone
    118. Wind ×2
    119. TsunamiTsunami
    120. Wind ×9
    121. Converter
    122. TsunamiTsunami
    123. Wind ×7
    124. Converter
    125. TsunamiTsunami
    126. Wind ×2
    127. Converter
    128. Wind
    129. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    130. Wind ×4
    131. TsunamiTsunami
    132. Converter
    133. Wind ×5
    134. TsunamiTsunami
    135. Wind ×2
    136. Converter
    137. Wind
    138. Converter
    139. Wind ×2
    140. HorizonHorizon
    141. Wind ×3
    142. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    143. Wind
    144. Converter
    145. Wind
    146. Converter
    147. Wind ×2
    148. CycloneCyclone
    149. Wind ×6
    150. CycloneCyclone
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Converter
    153. CycloneCyclone
    154. Wind ×3
    155. Converter ×2
    156. CycloneCyclone
    157. Wind ×2
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. CycloneCyclone
    161. Wind ×8
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. Converter
    165. Wind ×2
    166. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 14:37
    167. Wind
    168. Naval Metal Storage
    169. Converter ×2
    170. Wind
    171. Converter
    172. Wind ×2
    173. Converter
    174. Wind ×18
    175. Converter
    176. Wind ×2
    177. Converter
    178. Wind
    179. Converter ×3
    180. Wind ×13
    181. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    182. Wind ×2

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is krtf's (45 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 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 64% 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

778 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002928051
5:00414717574
6:005554541314
7:0071101004646
8:00877617711041
9:001068025461676
10:001296034962273
11:001570846933181
12:001869457873959
13:002186669234765
14:002559380275669
15:002907491296696
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

krtf

45.4 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

27 received units · includes a constructor
218 metal received · 59993 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=746
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=767
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:34 · n=464
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=719
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:10 · n=475
Advanced Metal Extractor9:17Middle 50%: 8:36–10:07 · n=680

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