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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 · 636 distinct matches · 100 players · 81% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 54% of 682 · 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 636 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 (46%)

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 5 steps
    1. Mex ×2
    2. Wind
    3. Mex
    4. Wind ×2
    5. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:03 · 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 (38%) · crossbow (34%)

    By 2:48 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Wind
    2. LazarusLazarus ×2
    3. Wind
    4. Windfor Air
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. Windfor Air
    7. LazarusLazarus
    8. Con turret
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. CrossbowCrossbow
    11. Mex
    12. CrossbowCrossbow
    13. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    14. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:23 · 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 (30%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 30 steps
    1. Converter
    2. PawnPawn ×2
    3. Converter
    4. PawnPawn
    5. Converter
    6. PawnPawn
    7. Mex
    8. PawnPawn
    9. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    10. Converter
    11. Construction ShipCon ship
    12. Converter
    13. Mex
    14. Energy storage
    15. EelSubmarinedone 4:04 · typical 4:22
    16. Wind
    17. Mex
    18. DolphinDolphin
    19. Wind
    20. DolphinDolphin
    21. Mex
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. DolphinDolphin
    24. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    25. Wind
    26. SentrySentry
    27. DolphinDolphin
    28. Wind
    29. Mex
    30. 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 (48%) · frigate (42%) · geo (39%) · Harpoon (37%) · Naval Construction Turret (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 19 wind · 1 geo · 3 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 131 steps
    1. SentrySentry
    2. DolphinDolphin
    3. Wind
    4. DolphinDolphin
    5. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    6. DolphinDolphin
    7. Wind
    8. NettleNettle
    9. DolphinDolphin
    10. SentrySentry
    11. DolphinDolphin
    12. Wind
    13. CorsairDestroyerdone 6:44 · typical 5:35
    14. SentrySentry
    15. Wind
    16. SentrySentry
    17. Wind
    18. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    19. Mex
    20. CorsairDestroyer
    21. Wind
    22. SentrySentry
    23. Wind
    24. SentrySentry
    25. Grim ReaperGrim Reaper ×2
    26. Wind
    27. SentrySentry
    28. SkaterSkater
    29. Mex
    30. SentrySentry
    31. SkaterSkater
    32. Wind
    33. Con turret
    34. NettleNettle
    35. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:16
    36. EllysawFrigate
    37. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    38. SentrySentry
    39. EllysawFrigate
    40. NettleNettle
    41. SkaterSkater
    42. Con turret
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Construction ShipCon ship
    45. Wind
    46. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    47. Con turret
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Wind
    50. Mex
    51. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    52. Wind ×3
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    54. Wind ×4
    55. Mex
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    58. Naval Construction Turret
    59. Wind ×2
    60. Mex
    61. Wind ×2
    62. Construction HovercraftCon hovercraft
    63. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    64. Wind ×2
    65. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    66. Wind ×6
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind
    69. Advanced ShipyardAdvanced Shipyarddone 12:15
    70. Naval Construction Turret
    71. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    72. SentrySentry
    73. Wind ×5
    74. Advanced Radar TowerAdvanced Radar Tower
    75. Wind ×2
    76. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    77. SentrySentry
    78. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    79. Wind
    80. Tidal
    81. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    82. Tidal ×2
    83. Wind
    84. Tidal ×2
    85. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    86. Tidal
    87. Wind ×2
    88. Tidal
    89. SentrySentry
    90. Wind
    91. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    92. Advanced Construction SubAdvanced Construction Sub
    93. Tidal
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Tidal
    96. Wind
    97. BermudaRadar jammer ship
    98. Tidal
    99. Wind
    100. Advanced Geothermal PowerplantAdvanced Geothermal Powerplantnot finished by 15:00
    101. Tidal
    102. Wind
    103. Wind
    104. Tidal
    105. Wind
    106. HavenHaven
    107. Tidal
    108. Wind
    109. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractordone 13:57
    110. Wind
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Wind
    113. DragonslayerDragonslayerdone 14:07
    114. Tidal
    115. Wind ×3
    116. Wind
    117. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    118. Wind
    119. Wind
    120. Wind ×3
    121. Wind
    122. Wind
    123. Wind
    124. Wind
    125. Wind
    126. EpochEpochnot finished by 15:00
    127. Naval Advanced Metal ExtractorNaval Advanced Metal Extractor
    128. Wind
    129. SkaterSkater
    130. Naval Construction Turret
    131. Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is sirniho's (37 OS, 25/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Air or Suicide frontfirst at 1:41 · in 65% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:51 · in 77% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 66% 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

682 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039500
2:0092800
3:00160300
4:002934051
5:00414517574
6:005548541325
7:0071031018661
8:00877917921050
9:001067325581702
10:001296034202269
11:001569646803159
12:001870257163914
13:002210468594765
14:002580179875656
15:002914191246705
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

sirniho

37.2 OS · 25/09/2026

Open source match ↗

5 received units · includes a constructor
924 metal received · 18663 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=663
Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:50–3:36 · n=674
Eel4:22Middle 50%: 3:41–5:38 · n=413
Corsair5:35Middle 50%: 4:50–6:34 · n=632
Geothermal Powerplant7:45Middle 50%: 6:47–9:11 · n=423
Advanced Metal Extractor9:16Middle 50%: 8:36–10:06 · n=595

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